California Collaborative Divorce

Collaborative divorce is a credible alternative to litigation for couples seeking to end their marriage. As part of this process, you will work with a team of collaborative professionals from various fields to create a parenting plan and divorce agreement that works best for the family. You can choose your own team from a vast network of collaborative professionals to achieve all your goals.
Collaborative practices are developed to help and encourage spouses to work together in a respectable manner where they can stay focused on giving priority to protecting all involved parties (most importantly, the children) from any conflict induced trauma. The final objective is to achieve a win-win situation for all parties to the conflict. Decisions are made by the parties without involving a judge, a third-party decision maker, or the court.
In collaborative divorce, all participants including the professional team members sign a contract agreeing to reach a settlement agreement without going to the court. All team members are committed to the idea of solving problems jointly through open communication. The contract is useful in precluding anyone that threatens a court battle.
Attorneys of the two parties can help the participants transition to traditional representation if all efforts to settle the divorce fail. Furthermore, even in such an unusual scenario, it’s noteworthy to point out that some aspects of the dispute would have been resolved with a signed written agreement.
Clients generally find it more effective to work together in resolving their differences in the future after going through the collaborative divorce process. There are also fewer issues remaining to be decided by a judge.