Law Office of Cynthia Barela Graham, PLLC

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Law Office of Cynthia Barela Graham, PLLC Cindi Barela Graham has been practicing law in the Panhandle for since 1990. She is Board Certified in Family Law.

Here’s a great visual illustrating how the Collaborative Process works.
09/29/2026

Here’s a great visual illustrating how the Collaborative Process works.

Collaborative divorce is a team approach — and everyone at the table has a specific role...

And yes. They are actually AT the table.

Each spouse has their own attorney, while a neutral mental health professional and neutral financial professional help the couple work through communication, parenting, finances, and settlement options in a more organized and constructive way. Other professionals might be present depending on the facts of your case.

The goal? Better information, better communication, and solutions built for your family — outside the courtroom.

This is what it looks like to divorce differently.

09/23/2026

In a collaborative divorce, information gathering is designed to be transparent and organized, not adversarial. 📂👨🏻‍💻

✅ Everything runs through the financial neutral. Documents go into one shared, secure folder (SharePoint, ShareFile, Dropbox, etc.), so you only provide one set, not duplicate copies for every professional on the team.

✅ The team decides together if more help is needed. If there's a business to value or another complex asset, the team can bring in the right professional.

✅ One spreadsheet that everyone uses. Instead of competing numbers, both spouses and the team review the same picture of the marital estate to confirm every asset and liability is identified and accurately listed.

The result? Less duplication, less conflict, more confidence. 🤝📊💫

04/20/2026

If you think divorce is messy, try leaving a life built together without ever having been legally married.

More Americans than ever are facing that reality.

More than 20 million adults are living together without the legal bonds of marriage, up from 14 million in 2009, according to the National Center for Family & Marriage Research. Protracted court battles around the country over everything from pets to property show how laws haven’t kept up with the changing ways people are coupling up.

While state laws govern how marriages are unwound, resolutions for unmarried couples often hinge on a court’s interpretation of case law, with varying outcomes.

The law generally treats marriage as a financial partnership and the presumption is that assets will be equitably divided upon breakup. A few states including Texas and Kansas recognize common-law marriages, where unwed couples who publicly represent themselves as spouses are subject to the state’s marriage and divorce laws. But most states don’t.

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02/03/2026

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Domestic partners are "increasingly likely" to use chemical and biological toxins to kill or harm their partners, a trend so alarming that the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning to law enforcement.

The warning came in a January intelligence note, obtained by ABC News, that said people intent on harming or killing their domestic partners are turning to poisons like cyanide or ricin to do it, which are "often sourced from online black markets or made at home."

Substances most often used in domestic poisoning incidents are antifreeze, eye drops, the synthetic opioid fentanyl and the prescription medication colchicine, as well as cyanide and the chemical element thallium, according to the note. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/OK3sp5

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600 S. Tyler Street, Suite 1814
Amarillo, TX
79101

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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