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.
Confidential · 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 work toward a resolution from there.
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.
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 an independent attorney provides 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.
Confidential · No documents required · No obligation
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.
After 25 years in corporate strategy, I went through the traditional divorce system myself. I saw a complex life transition pushed into legal process before there was a plan.
I built Rainier & Hawthorne to give people a better starting point.
David M. Irwin, Jr.
Founder & CEO
Clear Scope. Fixed Fee.
You know the scope, timeline and Rainier & Hawthorne 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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