With our team approach and experienced negotiation skills, our legal advocates can be the edge you need to tackle the complicated
process of contested divorce.
The
complexities of contested divorce require an experienced divorce lawyer who can protect your rights and guide you with information and thorough communication throughout the process.
One
aspect of a contested divorce is discovery, the process during which you and your spouse exchange information and documentation regarding all your assets and debts.
Since the spouses have agreed on everything up front, there is no need for the service of process and hearing notices
typical of contested divorces.
The Collaborative Process gives the family more control of the separating process & outcomes that can reduce the stress and
uncertainty of a contested divorce or family dispute.
Whether the particulars are deemed sufficient is a question for a Judge, in
cases of a contested divorce, which is therefore ultimately open to interpretation.
When I help a client to complete an uncontested divorce, the process ends much faster, and the client leaves my office happier than they would have at the
end of a contested divorce.
The adversarial
nature of a contested divorce often pits parent against one another and pulls children into the equation — it is insensitive to the residual effects on the children.
If Tommy had sat down with Gina at the outset and discussed the issues
instead of contesting the divorce, he would have saved himself and Gina a great deal of money.
It's included in the financial affidavits that states typically require as
part of a contested divorce process, as well as affidavits you might submit to the court to support a motion you've filed for temporary relief during the divorce proceedings.
You'll have to go through the usual discovery
procedures of a contested divorce, such as replying to interrogatories — written questions you must answer under oath — and possibly depositions, where you're asked questions in person under oath and in the presence of a court reporter.
Collaborative law (also called collaborative practice, divorce, or family law) is a legal process enabling you and your spouse or partner the support, protection, and guidance of your own lawyers in order to avoid the uncertain outcome of court and to achieve a settlement that best meets the specific needs of both parties and their children without the underlying
threat of contested divorce litigation.
The most common misconception about uncontested divorce (other than thinking that it is the
opposite of a contested divorce) is that, if you don't start with an uncontested divorce, you can never have one.
In the
case of a contested divorce, a judge will have to decide who gets what based on Florida's policy of equitable distribution of property.
When I help a client to complete an uncontested divorce, the process ends much faster, and the client leaves my office happier than they would have at the
end of a contested divorce.
Intimately familiar with all of the ins and outs of family law, our family law attorneys in Austin and San Antonio can be your go - to support system as you proceed through the
process of a contested divorce, a parental relocation or even a disagreement regarding the set - up of visitation rights for you and your children.
However, I have found that almost all of my collaborative divorce cases were resolved more quickly than almost
all of the contested divorce cases that I have had.
She knows the costs — emotional and financial —
of contested divorce.