England – 01/09/2011 – Collaborative law the new way to deal with family related law issues comes to Wakefield.
If you have been through a divorce or break up you will know what a stressful experience it is. Most people can agree on the reason for the divorce and manage to sort out certain arrangements on their own. However, other things such as child custody, the splitting of assets and financial support often prove more difficult.
During a divorce both parties feel emotionally raw and uncertain about what the future holds for them. To put it bluntly they are scared. In this state neither party thinks straight and once the letters from their partners’ solicitors start landing on the mat the whole thing becomes even more frightening and begins to feel adversarial. King Street Solicitors Wakefield office has decided to offer an alternative in the form of a collaborative law service.
How Does Collaborative Law Work?
The first thing to understand about the collaborative law process is that both parties get full independent legal advice. They each hire a solicitor who is qualified to follow the collaborative law process. Those solicitors initially meet with their individual clients. They examine the circumstances surrounding the divorce exactly as a regular solicitor would and work out what needs to be done to prepare for the next stage and explain the process to their clients. Next the two solicitors speak to each other to set up a four way meeting involving themselves and their respective clients.
There are no assertive solicitors letters sent back and forth. This has the advantage of keeping both clients stress levels low and maintaining an amicable, non adversarial atmosphere between all parties.
The first four way meeting is short. It takes place to ensure both parties understand the process and want to follow it. Each partner explains what they want to resolve using the collaborative law process for example, child custody.
Further meeting are then held to reach an amicable agreement on those issues and the necessary legally binding agreements are drawn up.
If you want to avoid an acrimonious divorce visit the http://www.kingstreetsolicitors.co.uk/ website to learn more about the collaborative law process.
Contact:
King Street Solicitors
6 Chancery Lane
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 2SS
United Kingdom
Tel: 01924 332 395
Fax: 01924 366 656
http://www.kingstreetsolicitors.co.uk/