Collaborative Attorney

A collaborative attorney is a legal attorney who has been trained to help couples seek a collaborative method to dissolve their marriage. Through the collaborative process the lawyer encourages the couple to avoid adversarial techniques or tactics and to complete the divorce with a spirit of cooperation.

Several new alternative dispute resolution techniques are currently used to complete a divorce in a collaborative way. The most common methods include arbitration and mediation. Collaborative attorneys recognize if issues such as child support payments, child custody arrangements, property distribution and spousal support can be resolved without going to court couples can save time and money. Collaborative attorneys using alternative conflict resolution techniques may be able to help reduce some of the emotional scars of a combative and contested divorce.