The client's role is to be an open book, to have good faith intentions when they enter the collaborative process, and to make the final decisions with some guidance from their counsel and their joint neutral financial expert, who might help provide them with a framework and options for what settlements they would like to reach. (divorcemag.com)
The team may bring in a neutral financial expert or neutral facilitator or neutral child expert to also take into consideration unique financial factors, help build post-divorce communication techniques, and take into account the children's psychological and developmental needs. (familydiplomacy.com)
Even if the collaborative process ends before there is a settlement, the financial documents that the neutral financial expert got can still be used. (collaborativefamilylawsandiegoblog.com)