The process operates in an environment grounded in good faith, cooperation, integrity, honesty and professional ethics to facilitate the resolution of the parties' differences without litigation. The parties and their lawyers enter into a Participation Agreement where they agree to work together to achieve a satisfactory settlement in a cooperative manner. The participants agree to voluntarily disclose all relevant information and to cooperatively resolve all issues outside of litigation. Settlement is accomplished through informal discussions, settlement conferences, mediations and other amicable alternatives. The use of experts may be necessary and should be encouraged where their involvement can assist in the collaborative process. Collaborative Family Lawyers work toward settling your case rather than preparing for and conducting a trial, resulting in savings, both financial and emotional, to you and your family.
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Goal of Collaborative Divorce
The goal of collaborative divorce is for the divorce to be a win-win situation (if that is at all possible) for both parties. Each party may negotiate for what is most important to them, as opposed to what the State, Judge, or other individual may believe is most important to each party. Collaborative divorce is different from mediation in that mediation is a more adversarial process wherein each party uses bargaining chips to either reach their goal or prevent the other party from receiving what they value most. Collaborative divorce is non (or less) adversarial and, while both parties are feeling the emotional and financial aspects of divorce, the parties are less about blame, guilt, etc., and instead choose to focus on reaching a settlement that is reasonable or acceptable to both parties.
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