What Happens in a Collaborative Divorce/Separation?
The essence of collaborative law is that each participant decides at the beginning of the case to sign a contract agreeing to a few basic principles: • Cooperation — they agree not to push the case into adversarial litigation • Dignity — they agree to respect each other’s highest priorities and work toward a settlement that both find agreeable • Honesty — they agree not to withhold information from each other and to comply fully with any request for documents After this agreement has been signed, the parties work together under the advice of their lawyers, financial specialists, coaches and child specialists. Through a series of discussions, the couple works through issues like property distribution, child and spousal support, and child custody and visitation rights. Since agreements in collaborative law are reached without the oversight of the courts, couples have the freedom to use greater creativity in creating a settlement agreement that works for them both. To learn more, you can
