What is the “disqualification clause?” When you divorce collaboratively, you and your spouse sign a participation agreement where, if the process breaks down, their lawyers must withdraw from the case and may not represent them in court. What? Why would you agree to that? Intuitively, if you have not...
Read more: The disqualification clause: amongst collaborative divorce’s best featuresIndifference. If you phone or email your attorney, and they don’t get back to you within 24 hours, 48 hours max, unless they have a good excuse (e.g., they’re on vacation), the lawyer probably isn’t terribly interested in you or your case. Before you ask, yes, lawyers are allowed to...
Read more: A few clues you hired the wrong divorce lawyerEvery individual case has its own unique set of circumstances and the time involved in a collaborative divorce will always depend on how complex the unresolved issues are and how difficult it will be for the participants to resolve them. The more willingness the participants show to work together...
Read more: How long does a collaborative divorce normally take?The first reason is that collaborative divorce attorneys enter the process with an entirely different mindset about what their role is. This is often referred to as a ‘paradigm shift.’ Rather than advocating to win their clients the largest settlement possible regardless of the cost and who gets hurt,...
Read more: Why is Collaborative Divorce so effective in gaining a mutually satisfactory settlement?The biggest difference between a traditional and collaborative divorce begins with the fact that in a traditional divorce, the parties rely heavily on the judges and the court to bring a resolution to their dispute. This often fosters an adversarial environment where the couples look at the process as a battle they...
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