COLLABORATIVE LAW & IDIVORCE.COM
by Arlene Richman, Esq.
Think of the word "Divorce" and it brings a picture of two angry people hiring attorneys to assist them in fighting over money, property, and, children, if any. These are the very same two people who once vowed to love and honor each other for the rest of their lives.
iDivorce.com was created to help each spouse reach a Marital Settlement Agreement through discussion, and not through litigation. After the individuals complete a series of questions, iDivorce.com gathers their information and uses it to create the necessary forms to generate a Marital Settlement Agreement and other papers necessary for an uncontested divorce. IDivorce.com also provides various tools to help determine child support and create a visitation schedule.
Sometimes divorcing couples have an issue that they cannot resolve by themselves. The issue may be that of child support, custody, dividing a business, alimony, or "what to do with the house." Neither spouse wants to fight each other, destroy what they had built during the marriage, or harm their relationship with their children. But, they have reached a point where they need, or feel more comfortable with, the advise of an attorney, and possibly an accountant, or financial planner, to help resolve one or more issues.
Collaborative Family Law was developed to meet the needs of individuals who want to resolve family disputes without the expense and emotional turmoil of aggressive litigation and court proceedings. Collaborative lawyers work with each other to reach an agreement and resolve conflict, while still protecting the interests of their individual clients.
In most states, collaborative attorney’s can be retained to handle only those issues that the parties cannot resolve. Once a decision is made, the spouses can return to iDivorce.com and complete the Marital Settlement Agreement and the necessary papers to obtain a divorce.
Collaborative attorney’s can also use the information that has been gathered through using iDivorce.com as a starting point for negotiations, and the various iDivorce.com tools to assist in the client-intake, data-gathering, and decision making process. Using iDivorce.com also saves the attorney and their client’s time by automatically doing the necessary calculations and helps to prepare the necessary forms.
IDivorce.com, used with the concepts of collaborative law, is an ideal way to resolve family disputes without the need for extensive, and often, expensive and emotionally draining, litigation.