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Collaborative Divorce
A new model for divorce has been developed which offers hope to men and women who are concerned about accomplishing their separation or divorce in a healthy way. An important alternative to litigation, Collaborative Divorce provides an interdisciplinary team approach for divorce. Lawyers, family therapists and neutral accountants form teams with the clients to address all difficult issues of divorce/separation.
For a brief & free discussion regarding the collaborative law process and how it may be useful in your situation, please call 626-583-9300.
About Us
The Collaborative Divorce Group of Glendale, Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley brings attorneys, family therapists and accountants together to help men and women resolve family issues without going to Court. This network of professionals is committed to the principles and practice of Collaborative Divorce and to providing Collaborative services to our community.
Collaborative Law is a divorce solution tailored to meet the needs of the family in crisis by reducing conflict out of Court. Our goal is to resolve the issues in divorce at a reasonable cost while reducing stress on the family. Our group has experts in each of the professional fields needed to work toward fair solutions to protect your family and your assets.
Each professional listed on our website maintains her or his own separate and independent practice. The professionals listed share an interest in promoting the practice of Collaborative Family Law but are not otherwise associated with each other. Clients should each contact, interview and select attorneys, coaches and financial people from this website after their own independent research.
All members of our group have completed training in the collaborative divorce model and meet licensing and experience requirements for membership. Our network serves Los Angeles County, particularly the communities of Pasadena, Glendale, and the San Gabriel Valley.
The Process
Collaborative Divorce is a new way for separating or divorcing people to work as a team with trained professionals to resolve disputes respectfully, without going to court. Each client has the support, protection and guidance of his or her own lawyer. In addition, the couple may select a team of divorce coaches, neutral financial specialists, and child specialists, who are specially trained and experienced in divorce issues.
The couple has the option of starting their separation/divorce with the professional with whom they feel most comfortable. With help and recommendations, they then choose the other professionals they will need on their team.
Once the team is assembled, clients can expect the professionals to work together in close communication, strategizing along the way as to the best ways to address the issues in need of resolution. Clients find that agreements that they come to together with the help of their professionals are much more likely to hold up over time and during practical usage. This is because they have invested their energy and ideas during respectful dialogue into understanding each other's needs and their children’s needs together.
Collaborative Divorce is distinguished from traditional litigation by its inviolable core elements. These elements are set out in a contractual commitment among the clients and their chosen collaborative professionals to:
- negotiate a mutually acceptable settlement without using court to decide any issues
- engage in full disclosure of all financial information
- listen to one another and negotiate in good faith and respect
- commit to give primacy to the children's needs, when there are children involved.
Collaborative Divorce is particularly satisfying for clients who wish to preserve the family relationships in as respectful and honorable a way as possible, restructuring rather than dissolving the family. Clients can be assisted to cooperate as much as possible, even during a very stressful time, and children’s needs can be addressed sensitively and personally.
Please visit our website for additional information.
