Contested Divorce vs. Collaborative Divorce – What Is The Difference?

In contrast to contested divorce, a collaborative divorce removes the element of litigation and settles cases respectfully, transparently and privately.

A contested divorce is the traditional and frequently very adversarial divorce process of bargaining from specific and often conflicting positions, backed by threats of litigation and the intervention by a court of law. Rather than communicating directly with each other, you and your spouse communicate almost exclusively through your attorneys.  In contrast to contested divorce,…

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Alternative Divorce Process Options That Avoid Litigation

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Divorce process options provide alternatives to a public trial. When you’re getting divorced in Kansas City, especially when you have children, you may want to consider other divorce process options. Avoiding a trial can prevent additional stress and anxiety, and can also save you time and money. Only a judge can grant a divorce, so unless…

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Collaborative Practice Makes Divorce Easier

Collaborative process 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. Collaborative process 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 process is the means through which Collaborative Practice provides…

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Collaborative Divorce Is An Alternative To An Adversarial Divorce Process

Collaborative divorces provides resources for spouses.

Collaborative divorce is a unique alternative to the traditional adversarial divorce process. It is designed to provide maximum support and resources for you and your spouse in reaching a mutually acceptable resolution of all the issues associated with a divorce and the changes in your life as a result. Collaborative divorce is designed to make…

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Collaborative Practice Kansas City – Leading Collaborative Divorce Practice in Kansas City

Collaborative Practice Kansas City - Leading Collaborative Divorce Practice in Kansas City

Welcome all who visit our website! Collaborative Practice Kansas City hopes you find us to be informative, entertaining, and useful. You have many choices when surfing online for a collaborative divorce and we want you to choose us with confidence. Our website was designed to provide you with everything you need to know about our…

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Divorce and Money

Tackling the Big Issues:  Divorce and Money It doesn’t matter whether you and your spouse are worth $50,000 or $50 million, deciding what to do about the assets and debts from your marriage and resolving other money-related matters is a very important part of your divorce. The advice and assistance of the collaborative financial professional…

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Taking Control of Your Divorce

The following is a list of the top ten strategies for helping you maintain control in your divorce: Decide what is most important to you and your family in your divorce. Gather as much divorce information as you can to make an informed decision on the divorce process that is best for you. Surround yourself…

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Books on Divorce

Books about Divorce and Co-Parenting: Boyan, Susan Blyth and Termini, Ann Marie; Cooperative Parenting and Divorce; Active Parenting Publishers; 1999. Brumley, Janet P. and Fairchild, Lori; Divorce Without Disaster: Collaborative Law in Texas. Garrity, Carla B. and Baris, Mitchell A.; Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce; Jossey-Bass, Inc.; 1994. Neumann, M.…

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Divorce and Children

Many factors that determine a child’s adjustment to divorce are beyond your control, but are important nonetheless. For instance, research has shown that children under the age of five initially experience the most pain from parental separation, but over time they are better able to adjust to divorce than older children. Boys appear to have…

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Coping with Divorce

Now is the time to take care of yourself. The emotional stress of divorce can manifest itself in any number of ways. One person might be more susceptible to illness than usual; another might find it hard to concentrate at work; you might have far less patience with the people you care about. It is…

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