Partners at Redefining Family, a Los Angeles divorce mediation and co-parenting practice

A different way to get divorced.

The end of a marriage is difficult enough.

There is a way to get through divorce without causing more damage to yourself and your family. We know because we did it ourselves - with each other.

As ex-spouses, co-parents, coaches, mediators, and attorneys, we know how to get you and your family through it.

Rebecca Tierney and Chris Koepsel, Los Angeles divorce mediation and coaching attorneys

Who We Work With

Our clients are parents who want to protect and transform the family they have built instead of tearing it apart.

You don’t have to come to Redefining Family feeling cooperative or aligned with your spouse. Most people arrive depleted, overwhelmed, and unsure how to move forward.

Under our care, you will feel immediate relief from the paralysis, exhaustion, and chaos.

What We Do

In all of our work, we bring legal experience, crisis management, coaching, and lived perspective together to serve the best interest of you and your family five years from now.

We don’t expect you to carry the vision in the beginning. That’s our job.

Who We Are

We’re Rebecca and Chris. Two overachievers who never expected to find ourselves getting divorced with two small kids.

Our family needed care that just wasn’t out there when we went through divorce almost a decade ago.

So we got to work. After years of co-parenting and trust-building, we are called to support families with the skills and care we wish had been available when our family needed it most.

Rebecca Tierney and Chris Koepsel on their wedding day before later becoming long-term co-parents and founders of Redefining Family.
Rebecca Tierney and Chris Koepsel with their family during their marriage.

Our Values

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Kids come first.
Every decision should protect their stability and emotional well-being. Ongoing parental conflict damages kids, not divorce.

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Everyone deserves equal advocacy.
Both partners should feel informed, supported, and heard throughout the process.

Redefining Family's signature olive branch symbolizing peace in divorce.

Communication is a skill.
When people are supported in developing it, decisions happen faster, conflict decreases, and outcomes improve.

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A successful divorce sets the stage for a successful future.
The way you separate shapes how you co-parent, collaborate, and rebuild.