What is Collaborative Law?

Dallas Collaborative Law Attorney

At the Dallas Law Office of Steven Wm. Buholz our Dallas collaborative law attorneys help our clients resolve their family issues calmly, quickly, and with great privacy.

Collaborative law is a vehicle for a strong co-parenting relationship with your former spouse. You will have to live with your former spouse for a long time as your children grow up. It may be best to sit down and work out an agreement that you can live with and arrive at a long-term solution.

There are a variety of methods available to arrive at a divorce settlement agreement, but some methods have proven to be more cost-effective, and to produce more satisfactory results for our clients. When possible, we offer our clients the choice of using standard courtroom litigation, or the conflict resolution processes of collaborative law or mediation to reach a fair and equitable divorce agreement.

At the Law Office of Steven Wm. Buholz we listen to our clients and their needs. We care and we’re here to help.

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What Is Collaborative Law?

Although the collaborative process can follow several models, it always involves:

1. Consent of both parties to full participation in the collaborative law process, as well as honest communication and full disclosure of all important facts.

2. A respectful environment in which each member of the couple works with his or her own specially trained lawyer to reach agreement on divorce, property division, and child support settlement.

3. Face to face communication with your former partner, as well as the two attorneys, and experts brought into the process.

4. Professional assistance and support is available at appropriate times in the process to provide information, such as financial specialists during property settlement talks, or child development and child custody specialists during child custody decision-making.

The collaborative process moves parties toward an amicable agreement, using reflective listening, legal counsel, and emotional support to help the couple reach resolution. When agreements are reached, Dallas collaborative law attorney Steven Wm. Buholz drafts them into a proper legal document.

What You Can Expect from the Process

Dallas collaborative law attorney Steven Wm. Buholz will ensure your interests are safeguarded as you work through issues in an atmosphere of respect and honesty. The process is typically faster and more cost-effective than a traditional, litigated divorce. A frequent byproduct of the effort is an improved working relationship with your former partner, with whom you may have to maintain a co-parenting relationship in the future.

What if it doesn’t work?

The collaborative law process does not work for everyone. (Please see our Web page “Is Collaborative Law the Best Option?”). Even when you do not reach complete agreement, however, any agreement that you do reach can be used as a basis for the divorce agreement you will later reach in court.

Contact our Dallas family law office to learn more about the process of collaborative divorce and how we can help you achieve a divorce agreement that meets your expectations.