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Divorce Mediation: What Are The Advantages Of Mediation?
The goal of divorce mediation is to allow the divorcing couple to reach agreements that meet their needs as well as the needs of their children without the financial and emotional cost of a court battle. This process has several advantages over litigation, including less stress, lower cost, more flexibility, and better outcomes for families.…
Read MoreWondering How To Get A Divorce Using The Collaborative Process?
If you are wondering how to get a divorce, it may feel as though you are confined to options that are adversarial and costly, both financially and in terms of time and energy. It doesn’t have to be that way. Collaborative Practice Kansas City, LLC is a greater Kansas City community of independent legal, mental…
Read MoreWhat Can I Expect From A Contested Divorce?
A contested divorce, the traditional divorce process also known as litigation, is often mired with fear, hurt feelings, and anger that make an agreeable resolution difficult, if not impossible. Both parties communicate almost exclusively through attorneys and bargain from specific and conflicting positions, backed by the threat of letting a Judge decide everything. It is…
Read MoreIs Collaborative Divorce A Good Idea?
Collaborative divorce represents an approach to divorce for couples looking to end their marriage by negotiating a mutually acceptable settlement without having courts decide the outcome. Collaborative Practice professionals, serving the Kansas City area, are specially trained to work with you through the collaborative process. How does a collaborative divorce work? The collaborative process is…
Read MoreDivorce Process Options: Advantages Of Collaborative Attorneys
When deliberating on divorce process options, one of the most important things to consider is how your attorneys will approach reaching your settlement. In a traditional litigated divorce, the attorneys must support only their clients’ positions, not considering whether the overall outcome will be best for the whole family. Collaborative law is fundamentally different in…
Read MoreApplying The Collaborative Process To Prenuptial And Postnuptial Agreements
We’ve discussed using the collaborative process for divorce a great deal, but it is also useful for marriage planning. Prenuptial and Postnuptial agreements are no longer only for the extremely wealthy and soap opera plot devices. In this blog, we will look at what marriage planning is, why it’s a good idea, and how the…
Read MoreHow To Get A Divorce That Is Creative Rather Than Destructive
For couples wondering how to get a divorce, it often feels as though the only options are adversarial and extremely costly financially as well as in terms of time and energy. Collaborative Practice Kansas City, LLC knows it doesn’t have to be that way. We want to help evolve divorce in the greater Kansas City…
Read MoreCollaborative Divorce Can Offer Better Results For Children
Collaborative divorce is designed to provide maximum support and resources for you and your family in reaching a mutually acceptable resolution of all the issues associated with a divorce and the resulting life changes. Built upon respect and open discussion, collaborative divorce is designed to make sure the needs of both spouses, and your children,…
Read MoreIs Divorce Mediation Right For Me?
In divorce mediation, a neutral third party assists you and your spouse in reaching agreements about your divorce. The goal of mediation is to allow the divorcing couple to reach agreements that meet their needs as well as the needs of their children without the financial and emotional cost of a court battle. Mediation is…
Read MoreDivorce Process Options: The Pros And Cons Of Each
Evaluating your divorce process options is an important step when you are considering divorce. Collaborative Practice Kansas City, with offices serving the entire Kansas City area, is here to help. Divorce process options include contested or litigation divorce, collaborative divorce, divorce mediation, and do-it-yourself divorce. All of your divorce process options are unique, each has…
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