Collaborative divorce offers the confidence that comes along with having a lawyer during divorce and the relief of avoiding confrontational divorce.

Both parties hire lawyers and those divorce lawyers represent just the single client’s interest during the divorce. Most of the time, a collaborative divorce ends in a satisfactory settlement, often accomplished with the help of a mediator.

A major difference between collaborative divorce and traditional divorce is that lawyers doing collaborative divorce sign agreements with their clients not to represent them in confrontational litigation. There are guidelines for the collaborative divorce process that lawyers and clients then plan to follow. Each party in a collaborative divorce can still go before a judge but he or she will do it with the help of a different lawyer.

Our firm recognizes collaborative divorce both as a legal concept and as a practical matter. Sometimes, couples simply need someone to help them figure out divorce math. Our office helps make the paperwork match your needs. Most often, divorce represents a communication breakdown and each side wants his or her own lawyer. The lawyers can talk with each other and their respective clients to fashion agreements.

We might accomplish similar results in what is technically a collaborative divorce or by creative negotiation.