Collaborative Divorce

 
If your goal is to uncouple as amicably as possible with your children’s best interest at hand I recommend Collaborative Divorce. Collaborative Divorce is more efficient, more affordable, more comfortable, and more equitable than traditional litigation divorce. The divorcing spouses and their collaboratively trained attorneys meet in four-way, face-to-face meetings where they discuss and attempt to agree upon the timing and manner of their marriage dissolution. Parties commit to sharing information freely and openly instead of using the expensive, and sometimes lengthy, discovery process.  Collaboratively trained specialists such as financial planners,divorce coaches/mental health professionals, and forensic accountants serve as members of your team when needed, to ensure the best possible outcomes. Once spouses reach an agreement on settlement terms, the spouses and their attorneys draw up a contract and bring it before a family court judge who finalizes the divorce in an uncontested procedure. This process encourages communication, negotiation, and equitable settlement. It reduces both costs and conflict while fostering healthy interactions between the couple that are hopefully carried forward after the divorce is final.