“It is one of the most well written, comprehensive and effective communication tools about Collaborative Practice I have ever seen.” Talia Katz, Executive Director, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

The recently published (Feb 2010) “A Client’s Guide to Collaborative divorce – putting your family first” is an invaluable resource for people wanting to separate or divorce collaboratively. It contains real life case studies and quotations from real people who have divorced collaboratively:

 It is probably best summed up as “communication not confrontation”.

 We made the right decision to deal with this collaboratively. I feel that, although separated, our family is still intact.

 This is so much better than anything our friends who have divorced in the traditional way have experienced.

 Collaborative divorce is the process by which you and your partner and both of your lawyers commit to resolving matters between you without involving the court to make decisions on your behalf.  It is the “no-court commitment” which offers the prospect of delivering a solution for the long-term benefit of you and your family. All the work is done face to face round the table. There is little correspondence and little room for misunderstandings both of which can make the more traditional court based process so hard for families.

 The Guide sets out in clear and easily readable language:

• How the collaborative approach works in practice
• The things you should ask yourself before choosing the collaborative option
• The things you should ask your lawyer to be sure they are capable of working collaboratively with your partner’s lawyer
• How to prepare for the collaborative meetings
• How your lawyer should prepare for the collaborative meetings
• How to involve other collaborative professionals such as accountants and child specialists.
• How to have collaborative conversations.

 The Guide is packed with useful resources including:

• FAQs
• A sample participation agreement
• Information about the emotional impact of separation and divorce on you and your family
• A collaborative timeline.

 

For more information about the collaborative divorce process visit

http://www.resolution.org.uk/editorial.asp?page_id=53

 To buy the Guide visit

http://www.flip.co.uk/about/downloads.asp

 To find out more contact gb@flip.co.uk

Tags: collaborative law, divorce, separation

This entry was posted on Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 9:26 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.