Working as a Team to Reach Solutions and Meeting the Needs of Sacramento, California Families
When you are going through a divorce, the thought of working together with your spouse can be daunting. In the collaborative practice process, each party retains an attorney for legal counsel, but everyone agrees to work towards cooperative agreements rather than going to court.
At Sacramento Divorce Solutions, our attorney has seen many families destroyed during the process of litigating their divorce, and we want better futures for our clients. With more than 15 years of family law experience, we guide clients to affordable, positive solutions using a collaborative practice approach.
Reaching Respectful Divorce Agreements
Divorce involves making many decisions that will affect the rest of your life. Collaborative practice is a different way to make these decisions than mediation or litigation. Collaborative practice provides clients the support of a team to help make decisions that are in your family's best interests. Here's how it works:
- Each party is represented by their own lawyer, and every person, including the professionals involved in the collaborative process, sign an agreement stating that the divorce will not proceed to trial.
- If the collaborative process breaks down, and a party proceeds to court, both attorneys, and any collaborative team members, are forever disqualified from assisting the parties during litigation.
- Divorce coaches are licensed therapists and counselors, who aid the parties in getting past the emotional barriers to an agreement, and who help each party develop a long term, rather than short term, outlook on the negotiations. When they have children, a primary goal of divorce coaching is to help develop a co-parenting relationship between the parties.
- Child specialists are also licensed therapists and counselors, who are used to assess the emotional and psychological needs of the children, and to be their voice in negotiations for, and development of, parenting plans.
- Financial specialists are used to assess the family financial estate, develop financial plans for each party, and to help maximize financial results for both parties. They are particularly useful in taking into account the ever-present tax consequences of any proposal or agreement.
The team works together to reach a solution that is fair and respectful to both parties, and the team also aids the parties so that they have a real opportunity to limit the emotional harm, especially to their children, that would have occurred had they gone to court.
Call 916-265-2392 or contact us online to schedule an appointment with an experienced California family lawyer. When the time comes to end your marriage, we will help you reach an agreement that protects your emotional and financial well being today and into the future.
