BEFORE YOU FILE FOR DIVORCE, START HERE.
The Divorce System Is Broken.
We Rebuilt It.
When you're ready, we build one complete plan in 30 days — money, property, parenting, all of it together. Then attorneys handle the finalization, not your life.
15 minutes · Confidential · No documents required · No obligation
Don’t let the legal process drive your divorce. Build it first.
Less fighting. Less delay. More control.
There Is Another Way to Divorce
Your divorce. Your decisions. Your way. You stay in control.
Most people are told to start with lawyers and let the legal process work toward a resolution.
We start with your life.
We help you stay in control of what happens with the house, money, retirement, debt and parenting — so the legal process follows your plan instead of driving your divorce.
That’s Divorce Architecture.
The Last Stop Before You File for Divorce
Don’t file first and hope the resolution comes later. Build it first.
Work through the big decisions before the legal process starts driving them.
More control. Less conflict. Less wasted money
Confidential · No documents required · No obligation
How It Works
A better starting point for divorce.
One integrated process. One clear resolution.
01
See the Whole Picture
Bring the finances, property, retirement, debt and parenting decisions together.
02
Understand Your Options
Run the numbers, compare scenarios and see how one choice affects the others.
03
Work Through the Decisions
Clarify priorities, weigh tradeoffs and determine what works across two households.
04
Build the Resolution
Bring the decisions together into one clear plan. Then the independent attorney provides the legal advice, prepares the documents and handles the court filing.
Technology organizes the complexity. Human expertise drives the strategy.
This Is Divorce Architecture
A Better Way to Divorce.
Not a law firm. Not mediation. Not collaborative divorce.
We build the resolution. An independent attorney takes it from there.
By then, the major decisions have already been worked through. The attorney provides legal advice, prepares the documents and files them with the court.
DIVORCE FINANCIAL CALCULATOR
See Your Divorce Before You Decide It.
See how decisions about the house, retirement, cash and debt can affect your financial life after divorce.
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 timeline.
Fixed fee.
Independent attorney finalizes.
Different starting point. Different process.
More control.
Why I Built Rainier & Hawthorne
A Better Way Is Possible.
“I didn’t build another divorce service. I built the alternative I believed should have existed.”
David M. Irwin, Jr. — Founder
After 25 years in corporate strategy, I knew complicated transitions work better when the strategy comes before the execution.
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.
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 charges a fixed project fee based on the scope of your situation.
You know the plan, the timeline and our fee before you begin.
No hourly billing.
Our fixed fee covers the Rainier & Hawthorne engagement. An independent attorney handles the legal documents and court filing.
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