Through the collaborative process, you and your former partner both engage a lawyer who is a trained collaborative professional. From here each of the parties meet with their lawyers to discuss an issues and their goals moving forward. From here, a number of four way meetings are held with each of the parties and their legal representatives. The agenda for the meetings is pre- determined by you, your former spouse and the lawyers. During the meetings the parties discuss issues, goals, and possible options for settlement. After the meetings, you and your former spouse will debrief with your lawyer, and gather and exchange any information necessary to prepare for the next meeting.

One of the benefits of the collaborative process is that it is not just collaborative lawyers who can assist you and your former spouse work through issues. It may be beneficial to invite counsellors, financial planners, accountants or divorce coaches to assist in the process and to help the parties work through issues.

During the process the parties are encouraged in an atmosphere of openness and honesty with the assistance of a range of professional to come to a settlement agreement. Not one family is the same, therefore one of the key benefits of the collaborative process is that you and your former spouse can come to a bespoke solution that suits your family dynamics moving forward.