“Divorce doesn’t have to be a battle. Divorce mediation and/or collaborative divorce are ways that you can stay out of divorce court. With mediation and collaboration, you’ll work together with your spouse to come to an agreement that works for both of you and for your kids, if you have them.
- A divorce mediator is a neutral professional who sits down with both of you (and your attorneys if you have them) to help you craft a settlement that resolves all the issues in your divorce—property, support, and child custody and visitation.
- In a collaborative process, you and your spouse both have attorneys, but you all agree not to go to court and instead work toward a settlement in a series of four-way meetings.
All of these scenarios keep your divorce private, and all of them allow you to complete the divorce much faster than you would if you asked a court to make decisions for you after a trial. Mediation and collaboration also have the advantage of being much less expensive than going to court, and all of these alternatives to court protect your privacy.”
* Edited excerpt from divorcenet.com