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Collaborative Practice

BY Neil E. Kozek
September 26, 2007

Recent issues of The Matrimonial Strategist, including this issue as well, have explored what is involved in the practice of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce. Having read the articles contained in these issues, it occurs to me that a family law practitioner who has not tried this method may still have a few questions. Here are the 10 most frequently asked questions ' and some answers.

Exactly What Is Collaborative Practice?

Collaborative Practice is a model for dispute resolution in which separated and divorcing couples, each represented by independent, specially trained attorneys, creatively reach agreement on all relevant issues without going to court and without threatening to do so. Collaborative Family Practice is a 'team' approach often involving mental health professionals ('divorce coaches' and 'child specialists'), and financial specialists, all of whom agree to use neutral, rather than partisan appraisers. A primary goal of the collaborative model is to avoid the acrimony and trauma of subjecting children to court-appointed forensics and emotionally damaging litigation.

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