Collaborative Divorce Lawyers

Collaborative divorce is for a couple who wants to reach the best result for the family, even if that family may no longer be living together. This couple wants to work through their differences in a manner that benefits everyone in the process. The fundamental characteristic of collaborative divorce is that the parties agree at the beginning not to go to court.

How Collaborative Divorce Works

With your respective family law attorneys guiding you through the legal divorce issues, neutral experts come together to advise and work through several key issues, including child custody, visitation, child and spousal support, retirement, and property distribution.

These professional experts include divorce coaches, child specialists, and financial advisers; they make up your collaborative divorce team. While each adds an expense to the process, the process can ultimately reduce the cost of divorce by promoting cooperation and the support of experts for guidance.

The financial advisers work through asset/debt division, spousal support, and any other financial or property related issues.

Mental health professionals, serving as coaches, ensure that emotions are kept on an even keel and that everyone comes out of the process healthy. Communication, of course, is always key. A coach or a child specialist can help develop a co-parenting plan, work out child support issues, and make sure that the children are kept a priority.

After an agreement has been ironed out and reached, it is submitted to the court for the divorce finalization. Often, the parties never even have to go to the courthouse.

What are the Benefits of Using a Collaborative Divorce?

Informal setting.
Information exchange is free, open, and honest.
Saves time.
You can decide how to handle post-settlement disputes.
You negotiate a result that works for everyone.

Mahoney Richmond attorney Andrew T. Richmond is educated and licensed to help clients through the collaborative divorce process. Mahoney Richmond’s team of support professionals work with family law issues every day, it’s our chosen area of the law.

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Ann G.

I worked with Nicole Thurston, Joy, and Nancy and they were all amazing to work with. They went above and beyond to help me fight in my custody battle and my son is now doing excellent. They cared about the outcome of our case showed how much they cared. He has straight A's, on the Principal's list, and getting college offers and letters from congressmen to congratulate him for his…

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Nicole handled my divorce, she was professional and detailed. If I had a question it was usually answered the same day. In court, she was very professional, had all details, and was fully ready to represent me. I could not have asked for a better attorney to represent me!

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Andy and his paralegal, Nancy, are wonderful. I had an entire custody reversal made, which I have come to understand is a rarity. Andy is clearly knowledgeable about family law and well respected by the court.

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