A Better Alternative to Divorce

The prospect of getting a divorce is never easy to face, and neither is actually going through the divorce process itself. While the dissolution of their marriage, on its own, can already cause animosity between both parties involved in the divorce, the traditional combative nature of the proceeding can take a definite toll on the couple themselves, their children, and their family and friends.

An alternative to the traditional method of conducting a divorce is collaborative law, or collaborative divorce. In this process, couples work with their respective attorneys to come to agreement on issues related to the divorce. This minimizes the stress of going through a divorce by tapering the oppositional nature of the process, encouraging the couples to instead work together to come to a compromise that they both can agree with.

Aside from a providing a process that reduces the emotional strain on both parties, collaborative law has other advantages as well, including better post-divorce relationships between the parties. In fact, in some cases, participants to collaborative divorce have remained friends after their separation, and thus are better able to take care of their children together, despite the circumstance. Additionally, some financial gurus have revealed that collaborative divorce also makes better financial sense.