Collaborative Divorce
Collaborative Law can be used in all family law cases including divorce, legal separation, custody issues, child support and many other issues which directly impact families.
Wondering about Collaborative Divorce?
Collaborative Divorce and Collaborative Process helps families find respectful ways to resolve conflicts to ensure the well-being of all parties. Collaborative Law family law cases can include Collaborative divorce, legal separation or non-marital couple separations, pre-nuptial agreements, parenting, parentage, child support issues and all other issues which relate to families.
Attorneys, clients and other neutral professionals work as a team, meeting in a series of “four-way” or “five-way” meetings to address the needs of both clients and their children (if any). A participation agreement is signed by all parties stating they will work together to come to an agreement that meets both parties’ interests and needs. The participation agreement also states that the parties will not threaten to go to court as a means of forcing an agreement . In the Collaborative Law Process, relevant financial and personal information is shared openly and voluntarily as opposed to the expensive information gathering procedures used in litigation. All parties commit to work together in good faith to resolve all the issues in their case. The entire process is confidential, and controlled by the parties, not the court system.
To learn more about the Collaborative Divorce or Collaborative Law, please visit our Collaborative Divorce page.
About Sara K. Wahl
Sara K. Wahl has handled countless family law cases from simple child support issues to complex custody trials. Sara has been practicing Collaborative family law since 2005, with the intention to preserve the family relationships. She was the first attorney qualified to practice Collaborative Family Law in the entire South King County area. She is also a professionally trained mediator, as well as a Title 26 Family Law Guardian ad Litem.
Sara is a member of the Collaborative Professionals of Washington. They’ve created a website to help people understand the Collaborative divorce process in Washington state.
Appointments can be scheduled in office or at a convenient location to you. Evening and weekend appointments are also available. Contact Sara to learn more.
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