Is Collaborative Divorce the Best-Case Scenario?

If you are wealthy enough, you can have access to frictionless versions of almost all annoying but inescapable aspects of life. For example, wealthy people can fly first class, with an airplane seat that doubles as a bed and unlimited food and beverage service, while the 99 percent in economy class are packed in like sardines, with nothing to eat but Sun Chips on short flights or stinky airplane food meals on long flights. If you are rich enough, and your doctor needs to do an MRI to reach an accurate diagnosis, then instead of stuffing you in a tube and making you wait there until the MRI is finished, you can go to a posh clinic where you sit in an ordinary room with equipment that can somehow take accurate images of your brain, but not of the brains of broke chumps whose only option is the nightmare fuel MRI tube. It probably does not surprise you, then, that there is a rich people’s version of divorce, too. From the outside, it looks like a wealthy couple walks into a courthouse, and the court declares them legally single that same day. This really exists; it is not just an Internet rumor, but the same day divorce decree is only the last step. It happened to Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, and even if your net worth is chump change compared to theirs, it can happen to you. To find out more about a collaborative divorce, contact a Boca Raton divorce lawyer.

Can Collaborative Divorce Ensure a Fair Outcome?

What the public saw of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s divorce is that they filed an uncontested divorce petition, and the court signed off on it. Most people who file for uncontested divorce have an uncomplicated financial situation; they don’t own real estate or have children. This is not Tom and Gisele; even though they had a prenup, they still needed to draft a parenting plan for their minor children.

In collaborative divorce, each spouse hires a lawyer, and the four of them sign a collaborative divorce agreement, promising to negotiate until they can agree on the terms of an uncontested divorce petition. If they have children, this also includes a parenting plan. The lawyers then negotiate until the parties agree; they can seek the help of mediators and financial or vocational experts, if necessary.

What Happens If Divorce Doesn’t Work?

Couples in the collaborative divorce process sometimes reach an impasse, just like couples in mediation do. When this happens, then the parties end the collaborative divorce process, pursuant to the collaborative divorce agreement. They then file petitions for contested divorce, but they cannot hire the same lawyers who represented them in the collaborative divorce process.

Contact Schwartz | White About Divorce Without the Ugliness

A South Florida family law attorney can help you achieve a fair property division agreement and parenting plan through collaborative divorce.  Contact Schwartz | White in Boca Raton, Florida about your case.

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