About Collaborative Law

What is Collaborative Family Law?

 
Collaborative family law is a process where everyone agrees to work together (to collaborate) to create acceptable solutions that work well for both parties, and without going to court.

There are some basic differences between the collaborative approach and the traditional adversarial approach. In the collaborative approach:

• Both parties agree to stay out of court
• The emphasis is on creating solutions that address the values and goals of both parties and their children
• The sole objective is to reach an efficient, fair, comprehensive settlement of all issues.

Clients are invited to consider how they want to resolve matters and how they might best go about creating or achieving positive solutions for themselves, their children, and their families. This can bring about a completely different outcome from the traditional adversarial approach.

The clients can access an interdisciplinary team of professionals to assist with their case. These professionals include divorce coaches, child specialists and financial advisors. Divorce coaches are communication specialists that can support clients with the emotional issues, enhance communications between the team members and assist parents to develop healthy strategies for effective co-parenting.