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Are you afraid of the impact of separation and divorce on the children? The financial cost of separation and divorce? Giving up the control of your decisions to the court? Are your separation and divorce taking forever to solve? There is a better way - Collaborative Practice.

Collaborative Practice is a new way for divorcing or separating couples to work together as a team with trained professionals to resolve disputes respectfully, without going to court.

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•	You and your partner each instruct a specialist collaborative family lawyer
•	You both agree with your lawyers to work together as a team and to resolve issues without going to court
•	There is a prompt, honest and open disclosure of all information
•	Other experts can be enlisted to help as part of the team
•	Settlement is reached in four way, ‘face to face’ meetings (2 of you and 2 lawyers)
•	You and your partner remain in control of the process
•	Your lawyers are present to provide support, legal advice and guidance
•	If no settlement can be reached, new lawyers will have to be instructed for court proceedings

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“I was pleased with the process and will recommend it to anyone I know who is thinking about separation or divorce”

“Well, we can pay people to fight for each of us, or we can fight and pay people to referee, or we can work it out and pay people to help us. I’d rather do the last one!”