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Stages of the Collaborative Process

Starting the Process

Stages of the Collaborative Process

  • Review and understand ground rules and expectations
  • Sign Collaborative Participation Agreement
  • Organize a team of professionals
  • Formulate high end goals
  • Discuss pressing needs or changes to status quo
    (It can take time to lay the foundation for the process to be most effective and successful)

Collect and Share Information

  • Background information about each party and their relationship
  • Interests of the parties
  • Information about any children or others important to the discussion
  • Financial data – What do the parties currently have? What else is needed?
    (The time involved may depend on the emotional/legal/and financial complexity of the situation)

Framework for a Settlement Agreement

  • Identify main elements that need to be addressed
  • Brainstorm options to address the main elements
  • Evaluate options/scenarios
  • Ask questions, discuss and clarify options
  • Package/Combine options to form settlement
    (usually 1 to 4 joint sessions depending on the number of issues)

Finalizing Settlement

  • Draft agreements
    (Expect some fine-tuning to the agreement to reach final document ready for signature)

Post Settlement Work

  • Follow up per agreements, Implementation
  • Estate planning documents (Will, Trust, Living Will, Power of Attorney, Trust, and execution of beneficiary designation on assets i.e., life insurance, retirement), Re-title assets, and Co-parenting discussions

Court Documents

  • As needed (i.e., Divorce Order, Retirement Order, Name Change Order, Order Incorporating Settlement)

Closure

  • The clients and the professionals have a sense of closure when an agreement is reached, the court work is uncontested and there is cooperation to implement the agreement and orders

Availability from Team Members

  • For assistance in the future should issues arise that lead to a supplemental agreement, modification, clarification and/or enforcement
Collaborative solutions for separation, divorce and other family matters.
703.528.1991


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    2311 Wilson Blvd., Suite 625
    Arlington, VA 22201
    Phone: 703-528-1991
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