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The Common Sense, Economical, and Practical Reasons to Do Your Divorce Collaboratively

Why would you choose to do your divorce case collaboratively instead of litigating the case? The answers are many. 

Saving Money

First and most importantly, the Collaborative divorce process is much less expensive than a litigated case. A collaborative case may cost you thirty thousand dollars or up. However, a contentiously litigated acrimonious case could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars. You save lots of money. By way of doing the case by the Collaborative Process, you preserve your funds to use for your future life expenses and the children’s future life expenses. 

Your hard-earned money that you saved from using the Collaborative Process can go to your children’s education, a down payment on a house, a vacation, or any better use than having paid attorneys. You have a better chance of coming out of a collaborative case with less debt than you do coming out of a litigated case. Many parties spend all their money on contentiously litigated cases. However, that money could have been divided between them during equitable distribution if they had not spent it all on litigation. In short, using the Collaborative Process puts you in a much better financial position because you actually have money left at the end of the case that can be put toward much better use than having used it on litigation. 

More Input on the Outcome

Further, in the Collaborative Process you decide what you want. You have much more input on the outcome of a case. You are not relying on a judge to determine your future. In Mediation you have conditional bargaining. In a Collaborative case, you have options. You can form your own options and goals in a collaborative case. You can come up with ideas and solutions that are outside the box. You can be creative in coming up with your solutions in a collaborative way. 

A judge’s hands are tied in a courtroom, as the judge is bound to follow the current Florida law. A judge must work within the confines of the law and cannot be as creative in a courtroom setting as you can be in a collaborative setting. A collaborative setting allows you more options to choose from to work out your solutions.   

Spending Less Time on Divorce

In a Collaborative case, you may be able to finish your case in about six months. In a litigated courtroom divorce case, you are probably looking at it taking eighteen months to three years in the Central Florida area incorporating Seminole County, Orange County, and Volusia County. Do you want your life on hold for three years? Or do you want to move on with your life and put that part of your life behind you? 

If you have more questions regarding a Marital and Family Law matter, you may call Ann Marie Giordano Gilden at Ann Marie Giordano Gilden, P.A. on 407-732-7620 and arrange an initial consultation. You may also visit my website at: https://www.annmariegildenlaw.com 

This article is for informational purposes only and does not form an attorney client privilege.