Collaborative Divorce Provides Amicable Divorce Options Collaborative Divorce allows spouses to be individually represented by their own divorce lawyers and work together to amicably resolve their issues with the goal of avoiding courtroom litigation. You and your spouse will each hire your own lawyers and work with your lawyers and each other to collaboratively resolve…
It is a form of alternative dispute resolution, which is used to work out divorce, post divorce, or separation issues. Typically, in this kind of process, a third party known as the mediator, assists the couple to negotiate a settlement. Some of the issues that can be handled by the mediator are custody, time-sharing, alimony,…
It is difficult to make a realistic estimate of the total fee even when we know what issues are contested, the intensity of the parties’ feelings, and the complexity of the issues. If the parties want to settle, make compromises, and end the matter quickly, they can do so. If the parties do not trust…
Divorce Process in Pennsylvania It used be that a divorce could not be granted unless there were fault grounds. Those days have passed and we now have no-fault divorces. Parties can still choose to divorce on fault grounds for reasons of adultery, abandonment; however, it can be very expensive due to the litigious nature of…
Length of Divorce or Custody Case It is difficult at the outset of a lawsuit to foresee how long it will take to complete a divorce or custody case. We are better able to give you an estimated time range later when we understand more clearly what is at issue. The time involved is primarily…