Is collaboration the way ahead for divorcing couples?
One of the main drawbacks of the traditional 'confrontational' approach to divorce is the wreckage that it often leaves in its wake - particularly with regard to relationships with shared friends and family members. In addition, divorcing couples who intend to share parenting responsibilities also need the best possible rapport for the sake of their children.
This is part of the background to the growth in popularity of the 'collaborative' approach to divorce settlement, where lawyers representing each party work together to solve the same list of problems. Lawyers who specialise in this emerging new solution to an age-old challenge, in fact, believe that there are many benefits associated with it, including:
- a civilised and mutually beneficial outcome;
- the best possible environment for ongoing positive relationships with children, family and friends;
- avoidance of the often bruising 'rough justice' that the confrontational court-based system can have, where one partner may be left with a significantly better settlement than the other.
For further advice in relation to Collaborative Law, please do not hesitate to contact Julia Smart at Metcalfes Solicitors on 0117 9290451 or email jsmart@metcalfes.co.uk
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