Collaborative practice family law
When you and your partner decide to separate, it is important that you engage with the proper legal channels to help you restructure your finances and personal lives in a favourable way. One way this can be achieved is through a process called collaborative practice, and involves you, your former partner, and your lawyers (and other professionals if required). They all come together outside of court to negotiate a mutually acceptable outcome.
At The Law People, our collaborative law team will help you navigate this process to achieve the best result for you and your family. Separation is already hard enough and doesn’t need to made harder through visits to court. Collaborative practice instead helps you reach a respectful separation, easing the burden on you, your partner, and any children you may share.
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What is Collaborative Practice?
Family law collaborative practice has been developed to assist families that desire a respectful separation. Just because you are separating doesn’t mean you don’t still care for each other, and collaborative family law helps you separate while ensuring the best outcome for you and your partner. This is especially important if you share children, as their wellbeing and happiness should be at the forefront of how you and your partner choose to move forward.
Collaborative law requires you and your partner to commit to:
- Negotiating a mutually acceptable settlement without having the court decide your issues.
- Maintaining open communication and information sharing between you, your partner, and your lawyers.
- Creating shared solutions that acknowledge the highest priorities of all involved.
Who Should Use Collaborative Practice?
Family law collaborative practice is for anyone who wishes to engage in an amicable separation with their partner. Collaborative family law is designed to help former partners share their assets, finances, and custody of their children in a way that satisfies both partners. This allows you to both move on respectfully and happily with your lives, which is vital if you need to remain in contact due to sharing custody of your children.
If the following values are important to you, collaborative law is likely to be a positive and rewarding option:
- You wish to communicate respectfully
- You want to prioritise the needs of your children.
- You believe both your needs and the needs of your partner require equal consideration.
- You will listen objectively.
- You want to work creatively and cooperatively to resolve issues.
- You wish to chart a positive path forward for all involved.
- You can behave ethically towards your partner.
You wish to maintain control of your separation, and don’t want to take the matter to court.