The collaborative law process is a world apart from the litigation process. Rather than the cloak and dagger routine of traditional litigation, the collaborative process is an open, communicative mode of problem solving that seeks to maximally benefit the entire family, especially the children.

People who engage in the collaborative process generally complete their divorce with positive feelings and solid, durable results that both parties have been involved in reaching.

As needed, other professionals are enrolled to assist to act as guides and ‘helpers’, rather than competing experts arguing over various point related to the divorce.

Whether custody and parenting time or valuation and division of assets, collaboration seeks to reach mutual satisfaction of the parties by involving them in the process for in person meetings to talk through their issues, even in high conflict cases.

Conversations that can take weeks to occur in the standard divorce process Through letters and emails can be resolved in a matter of minutes In a collaborative meeting, without the insinuations and misinterpretations To which the written word is prone.

Divorce is difficult enough as it is- the process used to solve it is critical. When there is more communication, especially in person, the result is bound to be more palatable and understandable.

Child support and maintenance tend to be difficult issues. By talking through Various options and concerns, the parties can work around formalities and court restrictions that can make a divorce case difficult to settle for no good reason.

The lawyers in a collaborative case are more likely to be settlement directed because they have pledged to withdraw if the matter is brought to court. In that event, it is generally not difficult to transfer the file to other attorneys. Meanwhile, every effort is made to solve your divorce through in person meetings and constructively examining the real problems that may be presenting an obstacle to resolution.

Rather than your incurring thousands of dollars in the standard divorce process and possibly getting ‘nowhere’, the collaborative divorce process is designed to get you somewhere as cost effectively and happily as possible.