Introduction to Collaborative Practice
Collaborative Practice, including Collaborative Law and interdisciplinary
Collaborative Divorce, is a new way for you to resolve disputes respectfully
-- without going to court -- while working with trained professionals
who are important to all areas of your life. The term incorporates all
of the models developed since IACP's Minnesota lawyer Stu Webb created
Collaborative Law ideas in the 1980s.
The heart of Collaborative
Practice or Collaborative Divorce (also called “no-court
divorce,” “divorce with dignity,” “peaceful divorce”)
is to offer you and your spouse or partner the support, protection,
and guidance of your own lawyers without going to court. Additionally,
Collaborative
Divorce allows you the benefit of child and financial specialists,
divorce coaches and other professionals all working together on your team.
In Collaborative Practice, core elements form your contractual commitments,
which are to:
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Negotiate
a mutually acceptable settlement without having courts
decide issues. |
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Maintain
open communication and information sharing. |
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Create
shared solutions acknowledging the highest priorities of
all. |
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