What is Collaborative Divorce?

Collaborative Divorce is a different approach to the traditional divorce. In collaborative, the two spouses and their respective attorneys work as a team instead of as adversaries, and they commit to resolve all the issues out of court.

What are the advantages of Collaborative Divorce?

It preserves the relationship between the spouses and the children. Giving the spouses the opportunity to decide what is best for the family instead of leaving this very important decisions in the hands of a stranger. That is a judge.

What are the main differences between Collaborative and Traditional Divorce?

The traditional process. One of the spouses files an action in court. The other one is automatically on a deadline to reply. And most of the filings are public record, including the financial disclosure of their spouses. In collaborative, it’s different.

The deadlines are agreed upon between the spouses based on their respective needs and schedules. But also, what is very important, is they decide what they want to make public in regards to their finances.

Is Collaborative Law more costly?

No it is not. In fact, the money spent in collaborative goes to more productive meetings of the team, instead of litigation. And also, the parties have the opportunity to retain only one neutral financial professional and one neutral mental health professional which also saves money.

Is Collaborative Divorce for everyone?

Collaborative divorce is based on trust and confidence that the other spouse is going to be transparent with the assets and disclosures.

If you are interested in collaborative, I suggest that you call to schedule a consultation to go over the details of your case and see if collaborative it would be a good fit for you.