Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Collaborative Divorce Can Save You Money

By Mike Mastracci

You're probably not looking forward to all the spending that comes along with the holiday season. It's expensive out there, isn't it? Saving money seems to be on everyone's mind these days, doesn't it? Divorce is expenses and protracted litigation can increase costs exponentially, leaving you and your spouse with staggering legal bills to contend with as you each struggle to begin a new phase of life.

While collaborative divorce is not necessarily cheap, it does allow you to exert better control over your divorce costs. The exact costs will largely depend on the complexity of the issues and the number of meetings required to resolve them. By choosing collaborative divorce, you and your spouse make a commitment to spending your resources on your family and not on a contentious legal battle. You make a conscious decision to place the needs and support of your children above expensive and often needless battling with your spouse.

Most often, children of separation and divorce face a future with significantly less financial security than children from intact marriages. It simply costs more to maintain two households. Funds for school trips, enriching activities, and college are often limited or non-existent. Collaborative divorce allows you and your spouse to design a child support arrangement that meets the unique needs of your family.

By engaging in the collaborative divorce process you do not have to contend with arbitrarily imposed court requirements, but can work together to provide your children with maximum financial stability. Both you and children deserve nothing less. If you must separate or divorce, do it with dignity and save a buck or two along the way.

So, where do you find collaboratively trained professionals? The biggest and most valuable network can be found at www.collaborativepractice.com You can also find many useful articles on collaborative law at www.DivorceWithoutDishonor.com

Thing how much time and effort is waisted over fighting about inconsequential things; who gets the soup spoon, the paper towel holder, the talking fish wall mount in the basement and who has to pay the block buster late fee (oh that's right, Net Flix busted that up). The more you fight, the more you pay. - 15431

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