How does the practice of Collaborative Divorce affect attorneys fees?
Although every case is different depending on such variables as the complexity of the issues involved and the time it takes the parties to come to a meeting of the minds, in general the Collaborative Process should be significantly less expensive than litigation. At the very least the Collaborative Process can avoid such time-consuming litigation proceedings as depositions, examinations of multiple expert witnesses, and the time consumed in Court hearings. Additionally, Collaborative Divorce allows more resources and containment for the many complications of divorce; financial, emotional and legal, and is therefore more likely to succeed in helping the family come to workable and lasting agreements. The fact that the clients are so invested in working out agreements means that they are more likely to persevere in making them work.
