Family Focused Law

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Collaborative Practice has three key elements: the voluntary and free exchange of information; the pledge not to litigate, and the commitment to resolutions that respect the parties' shared goals. Collaborative Law describes the legal component of Collaborative Practice, made up of the parties and their attorneys. Collaborative Process means the key elements of the process itself. Collaborative Practice is a new way for a divorcing couple to work as a team with trained professionals to resolve disputes respectfully, without going to court. The term encompasses all of the models that have been developed since Minnesota lawyer Stu Webb created the Collaborative Law model in the 1980s. This model is at the heart of all of Collaborative Practice. Each client has the support, protection and guidance of his or her own lawyer. The lawyers and the clients together comprise the Collaborative Law component of Collaborative Practice. While Collaborative lawyers are always a part of Collaboration, some models provide child specialists, financial specialists and divorce coaches as part of the clients' divorce team. In these models the clients have the option of starting their divorce with the professional with whom they feel most comfortable. Then the clients choose the other professionals they need. Therefore, the clients benefit throughout collaboration from the assistance and support of all of their chosen professionals. Although Collaborative Practice comes in several models, it is distinguished from traditional litigation by its inviolable core elements. These elements are set out in a contractual commitment among the clients and their chosen collaborative professionals to: For more information about Collaborative Family Law, please visit The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and Collaborative Family Law Ottawa Association . For a listing of Lanark County Collaborative Professionals, please see www.lanarkcollaborativelaw.com . Supporting you through Collaborative Family Law services in Almonte, Carleton Place, Stittsville and Perth. Elizabeth A. Swarbrick, Barrister & Solicitor P.O. Box 639, 83 Little Bridge Street, Almonte, ON, Canada K0A 1A0 Tel: (613) 256-9811 Fax: 613-256-9814

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