How is information gathered in Collaborative Family Law?
The parties do not engage in expensive legal procedures (called, “discovery”) to obtain information. Instead, the parties and attorneys agree from the beginning that they will produce all necessary information and documents voluntarily and in a timely fashion. Hiding documents or unnecessarily delays are not permitted. If a party is not acting in good faith, it is the duty of his or her attorney and the rest of the Collaborative Family Law team to work with the client to change his or her behavior and to withdraw from representing that party if the behavior continues.
