The Coach's role, in many ways, is the most complicated and nuanced of any of the professionals and the most different
from traditional divorce litigation or negotiation.
Not exact matches
In
traditional adversarial
divorce, these emotions can fuel expensive
litigation, and people have often found that they need years to recover, not just
from the ending of an important relationship, but
from the
divorce process itself.
Consider Self - Representation, Mediation, Collaborative
Divorce and
Traditional Litigation as falling on a continuum from self - implementation and representation to turning over all decision making to a traditional adversarial approach or
Traditional Litigation as falling on a continuum from self - implementation and representation to turning over all decision making to a traditional adversarial approach or l
Litigation as falling on a continuum
from self - implementation and representation to turning over all decision making to a
traditional adversarial approach or
traditional adversarial approach or
litigationlitigation.
The reason for this is, if you go through the collaborative
divorce process but then decide to switch to
traditional litigation, you may be starting
from square one again, despite already having spent a great deal of time and money on legal representation.
Some recent experiences with couples who moved
from traditional (and costly)
litigation to mediation or collaborative law have provided me with insights that I would like to share with you, or anyone you might know who is going through a
divorce:
In this blog, I will go through a side by side comparison of
divorce mediation vs. the more
traditional route of
litigation from a more emotional perspective so you can really understand the differences between the two.
In cooperative and collaborative
divorce practice, the
traditional approach of bargaining
from a specific position, backed by threats of
litigation and court hearings, is replaced by an approach that settles cases mindfully, practically, and respectfully.
Most couples want to protect their children and their family
from these risks of
traditional litigation and do not want the details of their
divorce to become public knowledge.
If you put work into your settlement
from the very beginning of your case then you increase the chance that the
divorce process will take less time, be more amicable, and be more cost - efficient than a
traditional litigation approach to
divorce.