Collaborative divorce is a method of dispute resolution where the spouses agree from the beginning that they are each going to retain attorneys who will work as settlement specialists and who will not
engage in court battles.
Further, the attorneys confirm via a participation agreement that they will not
engage in court battles or litigation on behalf of their clients so that mediation sessions may remain resolution - focused.
Collaborative divorce is a method of dispute resolution where the spouses agree from the beginning that they are each going to retain attorneys who will work as settlement specialists and who will not
engage in court battles.
Lawyers at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the attorney general for the state of Washington
engaged in a court battle over whether the injunction should remain in place or be lifted immediately.
Of course, rather than
engage in a court battle and having a judge decide a time - sharing schedule, most family law professionals (including myself) will tell you that it is much better for the parents to agree on a time - sharing schedule through a private divorce resolution method such as collaborative divorce.
In fact, the spouses each sign a «participation agreement» which contractually bars the collaborative attorneys from engaging in poisonous litigation (if a party wants to
engage in a court battle, he or she can not use the collaborative lawyer to do so).
And then, of course, come the inevitable threats to walk out of mediation and
engage in a court battle.
Of course, rather than
engage in a court battle and having a judge decide a time - sharing schedule, most family law professionals (including myself) will tell you that it is much better for the parents to agree on a time - sharing schedule through a private divorce resolution method such as collaborative divorce.
Not exact matches
Over the past year, technology companies Uber and Waymo (the self - driving business spun out of Google) have been
engaged in a
battle of wills, culminating
in a high - profile
court case that commenced last week.
A new book on the Canadian workplace — Work on Trial: Canadian Labour Law Struggles, edited by Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker — provides an
engaging and accessible account of various labour
battles in the
courts over the past 85 years involving human rights, employment fairness and union recognition.
The alleged NYC - area bomber and his family were
engaged in a 7 - year long
court battle with city officials over late - night hours and accusations of ethnic prejudice at the restaurant they ran
in Elizabeth N.J., and the father of the family declared bankruptcy
in 2005, my review of extensive federal
court records has found.
HBO's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which debuts on Oct. 5 and is directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), is a glossy and
engaging docudrama that focuses on the Supreme
Court's inner - chamber
battles in 1971, when the justices ruled on Ali's appeal of the conviction that had cost him 3 1/2 years of his career and threatened to send him to jail for five more.
I think we should all be on our knees praying fervently to the God of soccer to smile on us when the Gunners visit the Dean
Court Stadium to
engage the Cherries
in a
battle for the collection of all 3 points.
Parents interested
in obtaining sole or «full» custody often end up
in court,
engaged in a difficult child custody
battle because neither party is willing to compromise to reach an agreement.
Dunn wrote that
in light of the hearing officer's findings and several
court decisions
in Rea's favor, it was clear that the city was
engaged in a misguided and futile legal
battle.
But district leaders were
engaged in a heated
battle to nominate a candidate for family
court justice from early
in the evening until after midnight, delaying their decision on whether Jenkins or Latimer would get the party's official backing.
165 Similarly, when the University hired William Horn
Battle, a former head of a private law school, as its first law professor,
in 1845, his students read and recited, and
engaged in a moot
court at which they discussed legal questions and drafted «pleadings and other legal instruments.»
The Villiers are currently
engaged in a legal
battle about whether arguments over their divorce settlement should be heard by a
court in England or Scotland.
According to Josh, his work as a criminal defense attorney allows him to help those
in need while
engaging in an area of practice — litigation — that is always interesting and keeps him on his toes: «I truly enjoy the experience of being
in court — the
battle of wits between the attorneys.
Winning a
court case is very much like
engaging in a
battle.
You may be concerned about filing for divorce because heard the horror stories about the
battles that happen
in the
court room and even though you are ready to leave your marriage you are holding back from making a decision because you are not ready to
engage in all out war.
The collaborative model gives spouses a better chance of reconciling, as they are not
engaging in destructive
court battles and the facilitator is increasing their communication and co-parenting skills.
They believe that there must be a simpler way to get professional advice, and to settle their case, without having to
engage in a
battle between lawyers held
in open
court.
This is an adversarial system which oftentimes leads parties to
engage in emotionally and financially draining
court battles, and all dirty laundry gets examined and aired.
Oddly enough, families that endure parental alienation are depicted as
engaging in mulitiple
court battles.