What is Collaborative Law?

Collaborative law is based on a commitment by all involved to work through a family law dispute in a mutually respectful fashion, and to build solutions by agreement without use or threat of court hearings. This can lower the stress and costs involved for both parties.

Each step in the collaborative process is designed to support you as you approach a lasting and agreed resolution to your divorce or other family law matter.

Parents looking ahead to years of co-parenting may be particularly drawn to using collaborative law in their divorce or separation. They may share the understanding that a reasonably low-acrimony, or even healthy, relationship between separated or divorced co-parents is a powerful predictor of well-being for children.

The process is also fully open to, and equally well designed for, people who don’t have children together, but value what the collaborative model can offer during and after the separation or divorce process.
The legal effect of the divorce, separation, new parenting plan or other outcome that is obtained through the collaborative process is just as comprehensive as one obtained through litigation. The difference is that the lawyers and the parties in a collaborative case all share the goal of using a healthy process to work together for an agreed and functional solution.

For more information about Daniel’s collaborative family law practice, you are welcome to schedule a free consultation with Daniel by calling (360) 510-7816, or sending an e-mail to danielsobel@gmail.com.
For those looking for more information before scheduling a meeting, additional details on Daniel’s perspective on collaborative law can be found at his blog, http://danielsobel.wordpress.com.

Additional perspective on the promises and limits of collaborative divorce in general is available at www.collaborativepractice.com, the website of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.