The Divorce System Is Broken.
We Rebuilt It.
Meet Divorce Architecture.
A New Category of Divorce Resolution.
A better way to divorce — without turning everything into a legal fight.
Work through the big decisions first. Then independent counsel handles the legal work.
Less fighting. Less delay. Less wasted money. More control.
30-Day Resolution Framework • Fixed Fee • Built for Resolution
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No documents. No preparation. No obligation.
There Is Another Way to Divorce
Most people hear the same advice: Get a lawyer. Protect yourself. Prepare for a fight.
Legal action has its place. It shouldn’t have to become the entire divorce.
Start with the decisions that shape your life — your home, money, retirement, parenting, debt and two future households.
Build the resolution first. Then handle the legal work.
The Last Stop Before You File for Divorce
Don’t file first and hope the resolution comes later. Build it first.
We help you work through the big decisions before the legal process starts driving them.
Save time. Reduce conflict and unnecessary expense. Stay in control of what comes next.
This Is Divorce Architecture
A Better Way to Divorce.
Not a law firm. Not mediation. Not collaborative divorce.
We bring the whole picture together, work through the options and build the resolution before the legal work.
One divorce. One process. One resolution.
Independent counsel handles legal finalization.
How It Works
We Didn’t Improve the Existing Divorce Model. We Started Over.
See the Whole Picture
Bring the finances, property, retirement, debt and parenting decisions together.
Work Through the Decisions
Clarify priorities, weigh tradeoffs and determine what works across two households.
Understand Your Options
Run the numbers, compare scenarios and see how one choice affects the others.
Build the Resolution
Bring the decisions together into one clear resolution for independent legal finalization.
Technology organizes the complexity. Human expertise drives the strategy.
Together, these four steps make up The Divorce Operating System.
Legal Finalization. Not a Restart.
We build the resolution. Independent counsel finalizes it.
By the time independent counsel steps in, the major decisions have already been worked through. Counsel handles the legal advice, documents and filings needed to finalize the divorce.
The 30-Day Resolution Framework
Four Weeks. One Clear Path to Resolution.
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Financial, property, retirement, debt and parenting information.
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Run the numbers. Compare scenarios. See the tradeoffs.
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Clarify priorities and what needs to be resolved.
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Bring it all together for independent legal finalization.
30 Days. Clear Scope. Fixed Budget. Built for Resolution.
The 30-Day Resolution Framework refers to Rainier & Hawthorne’s engagement, not a guarantee of court finalization within 30 days.
THE RAINIER AND HAWTHORNE ADVANTAGE
Traditional Divorce Starts With Legal Process.
Divorce Architecture Starts With Resolution.
TRADITIONAL DIVORCE
Lawyers first.
Decisions handled separately.
Time and cost can stay open-ended.
Conflict can grow.
Resolution comes later.
DIVORCE ARCHITECTURE
Resolution first.
Major decisions worked through together.
Defined 30-Day Framework.
Fixed fee.
Independent counsel finalizes.
Different Starting Point. Different Process. Different Category.
“I didn’t build another divorce service. I built the alternative I believed should have existed.”
David M. Irwin, Jr. — Founder
I spent 25 years helping people navigate complicated, high-stakes decisions. Then I went through the traditional divorce system myself.
I saw one connected problem broken into separate fights, professionals and bills.
I believed there had to be a better way. So I built one.
We call it Divorce Architecture.
Why I Built Rainier & Hawthorne
Clear Scope. Fixed Fee.
Traditional divorce can leave you with no clear timeline and no clear idea what the final bill will be.
Rainier & Hawthorne works as a defined fixed-fee project based on the scope of your situation.
You know the plan, the timeline and our fee before you begin.
No blank check. No billing clock. No bullshit.
Independent legal finalization is separately retained.
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Private 15-minute conversation. No documents. No preparation. No obligation.