Keep three divorce attorneys on speed dial: one for husbands, one for wives, one for same-sex divorces. About 80% of couples who start with mediation end up needing lawyers anyway. Leigh Thomas Brown and Suzanne D'Ambrosio can help you build your referral list.
And I do hope as well, this is also a good opportunity to remind y'all, you have your corral of vendors, you have this amazing list of pros that you trust, make sure that on your list you have 2 divorce attorneys, that you have somebody who's skilled with husbands, somebody who's skilled with wives, and if you work a same-sex market, that you have somebody skilled in same-sex divorces. So really you need 3 names on your list, because if you encounter this scenario where the husband has left and you're going to ask, Are there attorneys involved? And she says, no, we're going to do mediation and try and keep it calm for the children. I'm glad she believes that, but 80% of divorces think they're going to go mediation, wind up with attorneys. The best thing you can do is say, look, if it hits the point where you need a professional, I got a name for you, I got a name for him, so just let me know and I'll give you a name. Then you don't have to go to Facebook and ask everybody who they're looking for. You don't have to go get people into your business by asking your text thread. You just come back to Leigh Thomas Brown, I got you a name. So come back to Suzanne D'Ambrosio and I got you. All right, very smart move for all of you, and you can do that today, by the way.
