Patricia C. Van Haren is the President of Collaborative Practice California and the former President of Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County. Recognized as one of the top collaborative family law attorneys and mediators in California, she leads Moradi Neufer’s collaborative divorce and mediation practice, the team clients turn to when they want to resolve a divorce privately and out of court. In 2023, she received the Eureka Award for her significant contributions to collaborative practice in California, and she is one of the state’s leading practitioners of collaborative premarital agreements.
Patricia has 15 years of experience in family law, with deep experience across paternity actions, divorce, child custody and visitation, child and spousal support, and property division. She is particularly skilled at working through very contentious situations, including high-conflict custody disputes and cases involving parental alienation, where one parent is undermining the children’s relationship with the other, and helping families move from entrenched conflict toward a durable agreement. In these matters she favors early intervention, bringing in parenting specialists, minor’s counsel, and parenting coordinators to build detailed, workable parenting plans rather than letting a courtroom battle entrench the conflict. Collaborative divorce tends to be the right path for couples who value privacy, cost control, and a workable co-parenting relationship, and who would rather keep decisions about their family and finances in their own hands than leave them to a judge. For couples with complex finances who want to stay out of the courtroom, she assembles and manages the full collaborative team: consulting attorneys, neutral financial professionals, and co-parenting specialists who keep the process moving toward resolution.
Patricia also heads Moradi Neufer’s premarital and post-marital agreement team. She guides couples, including business owners, executives, and professionals with significant separate property or equity, through a comprehensive and thoughtful process to make sure every important area is covered as they start their lives together or navigate a significant change like receiving an inheritance. Her collaborative approach to premarital agreements means each partner has their own attorney and the couple works through disclosure, negotiation, and drafting as a joint project rather than an adversarial exchange of drafts, so both partners are informed participants in the process. That approach produces strong legal documents built to stand the test of time, which matters because California courts examine premarital agreements closely for voluntariness and fairness. Through Moradi Neufer’s offices, her collaborative and mediation practice serves clients in both the San Francisco Bay Area and Orange County, where her deep roots in the Orange County collaborative community anchor the firm’s Southern California presence.
Patricia is a member of various bar associations and collaborative practice groups throughout Southern California. She believes in educating the public and giving her clients the ability to be fully informed throughout the divorce process. As part of this, she regularly publishes articles, creates educational videos, hosts workshops, and has written a book that answers many common questions about family law.
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