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The Costs of Collaborative Divorce

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I am not so sure that I am greatly surprised that collaborative divorce might have a high price tag. Thanks to Florida Divorce * Child Custody * Domestic Violence Law Lawyer for leading me to this letter to The Toronto Star - Collaborative divorce not cheap:

"Collaborative divorce is a translation for making lots of money. I was advised that the process would cost anywhere from $4,000 to $8,000. After almost 12 months, I'm looking at more than $15,000 with no end in sight. Between the two lawyers, facilitator, financial adviser and lawyers' assistants, the money I could have put into my children's education has gone down the drain.
There is nothing about the process that is collaborative ? other than how the players collaborate together to make money."

I also want to note this from Florida Divorce * Child Custody * Domestic Violence Law Lawyer's article, A Canadian Participant Rates Collaborative Divorce as ? Not Cheap:

"Collaborative divorce has been enthusiastically embraced by many attorneys and other professionals serving people going through divorces.
Its primary virtues are touted as:
1. nonadversarial
2. less costly than litigation
Maybe, maybe not. It all depends on the particular case and parties."

Full post as published by Sam Hasler's Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).