Collaborative divorce brings the splitting spouses to the negotiating table for three or four two - hour meetings and along with them come their lawyers and a neutral financial expert and
a neutral mental health expert.
Each party retains their own attorney, and there is a neutral financial expert and
a neutral mental health expert on the team.
Not exact matches
In addition, the use of financial
neutrals and
mental health practitioners,
experts in dealing with the financial and emotional aspects of divorce, at a lesser fee than the attorney, also results in a lower fee.
The collaborative teams include a
mental health professional coach for each party, an attorney for each party, a
neutral financial
expert and, if needed, a
neutral child specialist.
The financial
expert assists in gathering and analyzing financial information and provides
neutral financial advice to both parties, while the
mental health professional guides the process and helps the parties address parenting plans and family restructuring.
The attorneys are client advocates and pledge to work with a team consisting of a
neutral financial
expert and
mental health professional to thoroughly address and resolve all family disputes.
The group includes family law attorneys,
mental health practitioners,
neutral financial professionals and other types of
experts who may be involved in a Collaborative divorce resolution process.
We have family attorneys,
mental health practitioners,
neutral financial planners and other
experts who strive to resolve divorces peacefully and out of court.
Should the parties require the services of an accountant,
mental -
health professional, or other
expert, both parties agree on one
neutral expert to be used to help facilitate the particular issue at hand.
However, divorce cases resolved through the collaborative process sometimes (though not always) cost less than traditional litigated cases, because the parties and their lawyers do not hire their own sets of financial or
mental -
health experts: often, one
neutral financial advisor takes part, for example.