While it may not be right for every client (or every attorney), Collaborative Law is worth considering if some or all of these are true for you:
- You want a civilized, respectful resolution of the issues.
- You would like to keep open the possibility of friendship with your partner in the future.
- You and your partner will be co-parenting children, and you want a positive co-parenting relationship.
- You want to protect your children from the harm associated with litigation.
- You and your partner have friends and extended family with whom you both want to remain connected.
- You have ethical or spiritual beliefs that place high value on taking personal responsibility for handling conflicts with integrity.
- You value privacy in your personal affairs and do not want details of your family restructuring to be available in the public court record.
- You value control and autonomous decision-making and do not want to allow a stranger (i.e., a master or judge) to make decisions about restructuring your financial and/or parenting arrangements.
- You recognize the restricted range of outcomes generally available in the court system and want more creative, individualized choices for resolving your issues.
- You place as much value on the relationships that will exist in your restructured family situation as you place on obtaining the maximum amount of money for yourself.
- You understand that conflict resolution with integrity involves finding a way to achieve the reasonable goals of the other person as well as achieving your own goals.
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