Since its inception in 1991, the collaborative law movement has spread worldwide, and almost all states now have some way for couples to use collaborative law concepts and tools in working through their divorce. Collaborative Law was created by Stu Webb, a Minneapolis divorce attorney who had a horrible trial against his best friend. He decided there had to be a better way to help divorcing couples. While collaborative law isn’t for all couples, an increasing number of people and attorneys are turning to it because it offers a lower conflict, lower stress alternative to litigation.
The collaborative divorce process is still a relatively new alternative to the traditional litigation model. The process began to gain traction among practitioners beginning in the late 1990s, after a group of northern California lawyers, therapists, and financial planners founded an organization focused on collaborative law. The aim of collaborative law is to empower couples who have decided to divorce to avoid contested litigation, and further, to work together in finding a solution that works for both of them for the long term.
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