Leave Strong Divorce Services in Carlsbad Village on Jefferson Street provides flat-fee divorce mediation, post-judgment modification, and divorce coaching through a practice established in 2011. Custody and co-parenting plans developed during mediation sessions frequently incorporate behavioral health input from providers such as Kealoha Psychology, Inc. when child-adjustment assessments inform parenting-time proposals. A University of British Columbia J.D. earned in 1984 and a prior career as a personal injury trial attorney ground the mediation practice, which carries CoPS co-parenting specialist certification and over 300 hours of formal mediator training. Southern California Mediation Association Board service from 2015 through 2021 — including SCMA Family Mediation Institute chairpersonship from 2018 through 2023 — positions the firm as both a practitioner and trainer within the San Diego County mediation community. Post-decree mortgage restructuring for spouses retaining the family residence involves lender coordination with DG Funding for refinancing under a single borrower's qualifying income. The most complex engagements involve high-asset mediations requiring forensic valuation of business interests, stock-option vesting schedules, and deferred-compensation plans divided under California's community-property framework through negotiated marital settlement agreements.