"Transforming the culture of divorce to preserve family."

Collaborative Practice
- You decide your future, not a judge
- Solution not blame focused
- Parties work together in a spirit of respect, honesty and cooperation
- Up-front agreement is made to settle issues in a non-adversarial way
- Agreement are reached through a series of 5-way meetings between spouses, attorneys and divorce coach

Family Mediation
- You decide your future, not a judge
- Spouses meet with a neutral mediator who facilitates discussion about issues
- Forms the agreement that becomes the basis for your Judgment of Divorce
- You can consult an a attorney during negotiations or after
- Benefits: freedom to shape your divorce, less stress, cost-efficient, less court appearances

Litigation
- Traditional method of divorce
- Decisions are made by a third party (court or judge)
- Can include written interrogations, subpoenas, and depositions of the spouses and other parties to gather information
- Mediation can be later be used if agreements aren’t being reached
- Settlement conference with the judge will be held if parties cannot come to an agreement