Collaborative Divorce Attorney Carlsbad

Zonder Family Law
Carlsbad Collaborative Divorce Lawyers

Divorce has always been seen as an adversarial process, and over time it has devolved into a process that can take years to complete in court and a battle that can exhaust all of the assets the spouses have spent years accumulating.  Litigated divorces also tend to leave behind hard feelings that can last a lifetime, which is particularly problematic if there are children of the marriage and the parents must continue to communicate to finish raising them.

Fortunately, new approaches to completing a divorce have emerged, and one of them is known as collaborative divorce.  This process is almost the exact opposite of a ‘traditional’ divorce in that the spouses take up a teamwork-oriented approach to complete this process while avoiding the nastiness and expense of litigation.  Those who are considering a divorce and who want to avoid the problems of litigation should seek the input of experienced Carlsbad collaborative divorce lawyers as soon as possible.  Below is a brief overview of this process.

Collaborative Divorce – How It Works

Collaborative divorce is a process whereby the spouses work together with a team of professionals.  These professionals include specially trained and skilled attorneys who help with the representation of their clients but who also work together to negotiate a settlement of the matter.  In addition to attorneys, other professionals can be involved in the process that include financial planners, tax accountants and divorce coaches who can help guide the divorce to completion while also helping to manage the process if temporary breakdowns occur.

The goal of a collaborative divorce is to achieve a settlement that will be reduced to writing in the form of a Marital Settlement Agreement, or MSA.  When an MSA is completed, it is presented to the family court for approval.  If the court approves the MSA, the marriage will be dissolved and the marriage will be legally dissolved.

Collaborative Divorce – Advantages

You and your spouse can realize several advantages with a collaborative divorce approach.  The most obvious is that the divorce can be completed in a relatively short timeframe, and the enormous costs of litigation can be avoided.  In addition, if you successfully complete this process you can also walk away from your marriage with feelings of civility towards each other, and the preservation of this dynamic can be invaluable after the marriage is dissolved.

Even if the collaborative divorce process breaks down and no settlement can be reached, the attorneys who were involved in this process will remove themselves from the litigated case that’s filed so that there is no risk of a conflict of interest.  Therefore, there is little to be lost and much to be gained by attempting to end a marriage in this manner.

If you are facing the end of your marriage and you want to work it out without engaging in painful litigation, you need to seek the help of experienced Carlsbad collaborative divorce lawyers who have helped many couples move past this difficult time in as positive a manner as possible.  Contact Zonder Family Law today to schedule an initial consultation.