How does collaborative resolution differ from settlement negotiations in a traditional case?
Traditionally settlement negotiations happen at the conclusion of the information gathering process when parties are frustrated by delay, fed up with soaring costs, and steeped in the adversarial system. On the other hand, parties to a Collaborative Divorce go into the process with the belief that they can work through this joint problem. The existence of that world view, shared by the parties and the attorneys, changes everything.
