Can collaborative divorce decisions be contested later on?
I’ve been asked if collaborative divorce settlements can be contested later on, and the answer is: maybe. The reality is they’re almost never contested. And they’re never contested because people are getting what they bargained for. They’ve been empowered by the information, they have a sense that they got what they need, and they know it was fair. When a collaborative case ends, there’s a judgment. And that judgment is signed by a judge. The parties never go into a courtroom, but there is a judgment. And that judgment can be set aside under certain circumstances, just like any family law judgment. And so it would be the same criteria that applies. But the really, the issue is why would you want to set aside something that you willingly joined hands with and entered into?
