St. Petersburg Area Collaborative Divorce Attorney

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Collaborative divorce is considered the “wave of the future” when it comes to working through a divorce in the United States.  Developed in the early 1990s, this type of divorce is entirely different from the common mindset and ideas about going through a bitter divorce.  Many times the common perception is that marriage dissolution is the perfect opportunity to “pay back” your spouse for all the wrongdoing or indignities suffered throughout the marriage.  Collaborative divorce is the complete opposite of this.  Instead of regarding this as a chance for revenge, attorneys and individuals involved in a collaborative divorce have devoted their time to achieving an amicable agreement between the two parties.  The St. Petersburg divorce lawyers at Givens Divorce Law Group are highly experienced in handling collaborative divorce in Florida.

In fact, the attorneys that you and your spouse independently retain will sign an agreement in which they agree to resign from the case if you and your spouse decide take the case to trial.  Because of this, the attorneys that you and your spouse retain will have agreement, cooperation and collaboration as their undivided goal.  There is no benefit to the attorney to take your divorce through expensive, tiring and lengthy litigation. 

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Every aspect of a traditional divorce is also dealt with in a collaborative divorce.  This includes alimony, child support, child custody, property division and other issues that are common to marriage dissolution.  One of the most important benefits of this type of divorce is the fact that you and your spouse alone make the decisions regarding your family and your property.  You aren’t leaving your fate in the hands of a judge who doesn’t know you and doesn’t know your family.  No one know your circumstances better than you do, and collaborative divorce will allow you and your spouse to make the important decisions  without unwanted influence by an outside party. 

If you and your spouse know that you can achieve a friendly divorce and you don’t want to spend the time, money and energy in litigation, you can always consider collaborative divorce as an alternative.

Contact a St. Petersburg Collaborative Divorce Attorney at Givens Divorce Law Group to discuss your divorce in Florida.