COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE
A Collaborative Divorce is a non-adversarial option providing privacy, support, and guidance to the couple and family. The Collaborative team includes not only the attorneys, but also neutral parties, such as a financial professional, a divorce coach or a child specialist.
The collaborative attorneys guide the couple through the process assisting in facilitating an agreement that meets the goals, interests, and concerns of the family. This process is private compared to litigation, and the professionals create an atmosphere conducive to openness and trust. The Collaborative Divorce process is client-centered, and all information is gathered in a transparent manner. The goal is to provide the couple with all the information they need to make informed decisions about their future, finances, assets and the care of their children.
The court is not involved in this process until final agreements are reached and then only to the extent of a final dissolution hearing.
Benefits of the Collaborative Process include:
Interest-based negotiations (similar to mediation) are used, promoting the parties’ long-term ability to effectively communicate and minimizing the negative impact on children from the conflict.
All information is voluntarily and transparently shared fully in a private forum, on request of either party, and all negotiations take place directly, during Collaborative meetings. In those meetings, an environment of trust is promoted by the knowledge that the other spouse’s attorney will not someday be an adversary.
Each of the lawyers is retained for only the limited purpose of helping her or his client reach an acceptable settlement on all issues, without litigation or threatening to litigate.
Drawbacks of the Collaborative Process include:
Like mediation and lawyer negotiation, each side has the unilateral right to terminate the process at any time and force the other party into litigation.
Unlike mediation or lawyer negotiation, if the collaborative process fails, neither lawyer can continue to represent her or his client. Each client must retain new counsel for litigation, with the likely effect that some or all legal fees expended on the collaborative process were for naught.
Each party may reach a point where she or he feels that there is no choice but to settle because of the investment she or he has already made in the process.
Drawbacks of the Collaborative Process include:
Like mediation and lawyer negotiation, each side has the unilateral right to terminate the process at any time and force the other party into litigation.
Unlike mediation or lawyer negotiation, if the collaborative process fails, neither lawyer can continue to represent her or his client. Each client must retain new counsel for litigation, with the likely effect that some or all legal fees expended on the collaborative process were for naught.
Each party may reach a point where she or he feels that there is no choice but to settle because of the investment she or he has already made in the process.
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COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE LAWYERS
If you are considering a collaborative divorce in the Northeast Ohio area, please contact a divorce lawyer at Zoller | Biacsi. We understand how difficult the divorce process is and we want to help you take the high road. The divorce lawyers at Zoller | Biacsi have an abundance of experience in providing collaborative divorce services throughout the Cleveland and Northeast Ohio area. We offer a flat fee initial consultation that will allow you to learn more about our divorce services and which will fit your needs the best without any extra hassle on your end.
CLEVELAND
COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE LAWYERS
If you are considering a collaborative divorce in the Northeast Ohio area, please contact a divorce lawyer at Zoller | Biacsi. We understand how difficult the divorce process is and we want to help you take the high road. The divorce lawyers at Zoller | Biacsi have an abundance of experience in providing collaborative divorce services throughout the Cleveland and Northeast Ohio area. We offer a flat fee initial consultation that will allow you to learn more about our divorce services and which will fit your needs the best without any extra hassle on your end.
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