In Healdsburg, the tasting room is also the town square. The winery you're negotiating over might be one your attorney has poured at on a weekend. The opposing party will be at the same dinner the following month. This isn't abstract—it's the actual texture of life in a small, affluent wine-country town where twelve thousand people all seem to know each other's business before it becomes their business.

Marla Keenan-Rivero's mediation practice wasn't designed specifically for Healdsburg, but it fits here like almost nothing else does. It's entirely private. It's financially sophisticated enough to handle what Healdsburg cases actually involve—wineries, Russian River land, deferred executive compensation, hospitality business interests. And it's led by someone whose 24 years of family law litigation experience include the most complex high-asset cases in Northern California.

Full-service family law mediation for Healdsburg's high-asset, high-complexity cases. Winery interests, Russian River parcels, investment portfolios, business partnerships—handled with the legal depth and financial sophistication these cases demand, and the discretion Healdsburg families require. Learn more

Healdsburg divorces are not typical Sonoma County divorces. Marla's mediation addresses the full financial complexity of wine-country life—multiple properties, winery valuations, Bay Area equity compensation, hospitality business interests—in a process that is private, expert, and built to hold. Learn More

Parenting plans for Healdsburg families that account for demanding harvest schedules, hospitality careers, children in Healdsburg Unified with strong community ties, and the small-town reality that adversarial litigation damages relationships in ways that last. Learn More

Support mediation for winery distributions, hospitality bonuses, seasonal revenue, and passive investment income. Court formulas were not designed for Healdsburg's income structures—mediation addresses them honestly, completely, and in private. Learn More

High-asset spousal support for Healdsburg marriages: winery owner income characterization, marital standard of living analysis, career contribution to the business, and the full range of Section 4320 factors. Complete discretion. Learn More

Healdsburg's most consequential divorce cases—wineries, vineyard land, trusts, estates, multi-jurisdiction assets—handled by a 24-year family law litigator. Private. Legally precise. Built to hold. Learn More

The financial complexity in Healdsburg divorces is genuinely different from what you find in the rest of Sonoma County—and most of it flows from the wine industry that defines the place.

Winery valuations are notoriously difficult. A working winery is simultaneously a real estate holding, a brand, an agricultural operation, and sometimes a hospitality business, all with different valuation methodologies. Contested litigation handles this through dueling experts—expensive, slow, and producing outcomes that feel arbitrary to both parties.

Mediation handles it differently. Both parties engage with the actual financial picture together, agree on methodology where possible, and reach outcomes that a judge never would have ordered—because a judge applies rules, while mediation produces solutions. The privacy dimension matters here more than almost anywhere else in Sonoma County. Court records are public. Healdsburg is small.

Marla's office is in downtown Santa Rosa, about 25 minutes from Healdsburg Plaza. Many Healdsburg clients prefer to work via secure video throughout the entire process—not because the drive is difficult, but because they'd rather not be seen walking into an attorney's office in a town where twelve thousand people share the same gossip circuit. First consultation is free and happens on your terms.

1.    Free consultation — phone, video, or in person; entirely on your schedule

2.    Structured sessions — via secure video (preferred by most Healdsburg clients) or in person.

3.    Memorandum of Understanding —prepared after each session, covering all agreements.

4.    Independent counsel review — each party's attorney reviews before finalizing.

5.    Filed with Sonoma County court — your negotiated agreement becomes a binding order.

Call (707) 525-8800 or email Tidwell@perrylaw.net.