Center for Cooperative Divorce
Divorce with privacy and dignity…and if you like, from the comfort of your own home or office with virtual meetings.
Because Your Divorce Should Cost Less than Your Wedding and Have Fewer Guests!
MEDIATION | COLLABORATIVE LAW | INDEPENDENT REVIEW COUNSEL
Settle your divorce don’t throw precious fuel at it. The following are a few examples of why we recommend you at least inquire about Cooperative Divorce options before you commence a litigation:
MINIMIZE CONFLICT:
You and your spouse jointly select and retain one experienced attorney who is highly skilled at conflict resolution and committed to minimizing conflict during meetings which are resolution oriented, rather than each spouse paying separate attorneys who are skilled at and committed to perpetuating your conflict until a judge decides your fate at trial.
MINIMIZE LEGAL EXPENSES:
You and your spouse share the expense of one experienced attorney, who is committed to resolving challenges and minimizing conflict, rather than each paying separate attorneys who may be more committed to increasing their fees by perpetuating your conflict.
CONVENIENCE AND PRIVACY:
We understand you are busy. We also understand that discussing intimate details about your finances and personal relationships is best conducted behind closed doors, rather than in a public courtroom. Center for Cooperative Divorce clients choose the meeting platform and location that is most private and convenient for them. You will have the option to meet in-person or virtually in the comfort and privacy of your home or office. The only time you may need to enter a courtroom is to ask the Judge to enter your carefully considered Agreement.
YOU ARE UNIQUE AND SO ARE YOUR PROBLEMS:
We are experienced at helping our client’s create equally unique solutions and skilled at drafting legal documents to put these solutions into effect. Take advantage of our knowledge to create insightful parenting plans and financial solutions that work for you… and your children. Courts have a limited selection of cookie-cutter Orders to address your legal issues.
EQUITABLE AND WISE ASSET DIVISION:
Financial decisions planned for a life together are often incompatible with a life apart. We help you understand the effects of financial division and create a plan to optimize individual asset and income retention. We carefully consider tax effects, risk allocation, age, and other factors to help you plan for a stable future. We will work with you and your investment advisors to allow for a graceful transition.
PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE WITHOUT RETURNING TO THE NEGOTIATION TABLE:
Many people have a hard time imagining and planning for a brighter future when their present is so wrought with looming decisions and stressful compromises. A benefit to alternative resolution is that you have a calm and insightful professional to help you anticipate and plan for life’s changes such as child education and development, employment and financial, and personal changes. We help our client’s create legal agreements that have a solid foundation while remaining flexible enough to allow for personal and professional growth.
MEDIATION | COLLABORATIVE LAW | INDEPENDENT REVIEW COUNSEL
Mediation
A Divorce Mediator is a neutral divorce specialist who is jointly retained by you and your spouse to guide careful, peaceful, settlement negotiations. A Mediator does not align with either client’s position, rather uses the culmination of their experience to present a distinctly new alternative position that will work for each client to resolve their issues. A mediator does not provide independent legal counsel to either spouse, though we certainly apply insights gained from litigation experience to help our client’s create sustainable solutions. The entire mediation process is conducted outside of court and agreements that culminate from Mediation will be drafted by our experienced staff, filed with the court, and become binding as would any Judgement.
Mediation allows you and your spouse to learn about variety of legal options in a low stress environment, providing you the agency to create solutions tailored to your unique circumstances.
You and/or your spouse may elect, but are not required to, retain independent legal counsel to advise you throughout the process and/or review the final agreement before it becomes enforceable.
Collaborative Divorce
Collaborative Divorce is a team approach to non-litigated divorce settlement where each spouse has their own attorney who is equally committed to resolving their matter outside of Court. The traditional Collaborative Law approach uses jointly retained financial and mental health-based family neutral team members to provide support and advise throughout the divorce process. Your Collaborative Attorney is bound by an agreement which prevents them from representing you in court should negotiations fail, which means everyone is equally bound and determined to settle your matter outside of court.
To get started with a Collaborative Divorce, after a consultation with us, we will invite your spouse to contact a Collaborative Divorce Attorney we trust.
Independent Review Counsel
Parties to mediation often obtain independent legal counsel and support throughout the mediation process. Independent legal counsel will prepare you prior to and throughout the mediation process by providing you privileged legal consultation and advice as to your rights and obligations and help formulate negotiation strategies to provide for optimal results from mediation.
Your attorney can either attend mediations with you, or advise from the sidelines. Either way, you have an experienced attorney whose sole purpose is to look out for you, so you can breathe easier and focus on a peaceful resolution.