California Collaborative Divorce Lawyers

Throughout the collaborative divorce process, the emphasis is on each person’s interests more than their positions. The added benefit here is that each person has his/her own collaborative divorce lawyer guiding them and providing needed legal information, with the shared goal of finding solutions that bring value to all involved, rather than arguing for one position. Further, with the assistance of a mental health coach, communication is improved so that a focus on real-life impacts of your legal, parenting, and financial decisions come to the forefront. The outcome in a collaborative divorce often reflects other interests that a court would not consider, such as certain tax implications, cash flow concerns, and family relationships. The parties control the outcome and work to create value for all involved, including children and grandchildren.

You build a team of collaboratively trained professionals to help the parties plan for information gathering, set shared expectations and goals, and work through the collaborative divorce process. A team will be assembled based on the participants’ needs, which can include attorneys, communication coaches, child specialists, financial specialists and other professionals as needed.

The collaborative divorce process most often begins before the filing of any court paperwork. The collaborative divorce process emphasized creative problem solving and the Mission Statement created by the parties with the help of their mental health coaches, creates the center of the process to assist each party in knowing why they are there and how they want to move forward. It is not a practice driven by court deadlines. The parties work together with open communication to gather and share information with the help of the professionals to reach a resolution rooted in shared goals.