What is the Collaborative Divorce Team?
This is an emerging field of collaborative law which provides a collaborative divorce team consisting of two lawyers, two divorce coaches, a child specialist and a financial specialist to help the couple. Believe it or not, this team of six can be more cost effective than the conventional method of divorce. Keep in mind that divorce affects couples on multiple levels. Divorce is a complex event involving legal, emotional, and financial considerations. When children are involved, there are the additional needs of developing appropriate parenting plans and learning communication skills so the couple can effectively co-parent their children. In the traditional way of divorcing, lawyers have handled all of these tasks. But since lawyers are not therapists, or accountants, or child specialists, what happens is the divorce becomes final, but many issues remain unresolved. Because these issues are not resolved at the time of the legal divorce, they often continue to be litigated and re-litiga
