Collaborative Divorce: Compassionate and Sensible
Practice Areas and Legal Definitions
Collaborative law is a distinct form of legal practice in which two lawyers represent both parties, focusing on resolution and solving problems. If all matters are not resolved, the lawyers and any retained neutral experts withdraw.
Both Cooperative and Collaborative law utilize one neutral expert per subject matter, as reasonably required, not forensic experts. However, in Cooperative law, if an impasse results and court is required, the lawyers may continue to be engaged in the court process, utilizing the judge as an additional resource of cooperation.
The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals is found online at www.collaborativepractice.com. The group comprises national and international professionals, legal, mental health and financial, working together in creating a client-centered process resolving conflict.
Collaborative Divorce:
Compassionate & Sensible
Respectful Divorces
Taking The High Road
In A Combative Divorces, There Is Only One Loser
The whole family. A divorce does not always have to be a combative experience. In many cases, Collaborative Divorce is the answer – a method of marriage dissolution that emphasizes:
- Privacy
- Convenience
- Fairness.
We work hard to maximize harmony and a mutually beneficial outcome.
Divorce can be an opportunity for the family to actually heal and provide a new, restructured family with an understanding of future roles and needs. Instead of destroying families’ financial well-being and goodwill toward each other, the collaborative process promotes a restructured, “well” family and promotes the reality that families are forever and relationships can be protected from further damage.
The ability for the family to move on in their new lives in a positive way is the main focus. Children are not fought over or put into the middle as pawns or objects to fight about.
Even under the best circumstances, divorce is an emotionally difficult experience. Living through it by way of the adversarial court system, where lines are drawn, positions are taken, demands are given and the court makes the final decisions for the family members is potentially devastating to the healing process. Take the high road and and learn about Collaborative Divorce.
