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What Are Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods For Divorce? – AttorneyBernie.Com

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00:00:04: Generally speaking there are three most people think there’s litigation there’s mediation but there’s also something called collaborative practice I think you all know what litigation means as going to court in front of a judge you know what mediation is that’s sitting down with a mediator who tries to come up with a resolution for for you collaborative practice is a different area and it can be very successful sometimes it could be costly though but maybe not as costly as litigation collaborative practices where all the

00:00:34: Professionals come together to try to help a family and that if anybody then files something in court the entire team is disqualified each person has their own lawyer there may be a financial expert involved there may be a custody expert involved there may be a divorce coach involved it all depends on the nature of the issues that need to be dealt with frequently in these collaborative practic as people are focusing on the outcome how where do they want to see themselves when this is all behind them and that’s a really

00:01:08: Important factor to keep in mind so collaborative practice is definitely something that’s worth thinking about and it is uh something that can be done with the help of legal assistance very frequently in these collaborative practice cases the leader is not the attorney it could be an accountant it could be a custody specialist the lawyers are just there to advise their clients and make sure that the clients rights are protected as they go through the process

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