The process and outcomes of divorce are always multifaceted and difficult, even in the best of economic times. When a couple divorces, they are divorcing emotionally, socially, legally and of course, financially. Depending on the timing of one’s divorce, these areas of divorce can produce problems that are particularly challenging relative to other times one might divorce.
When a couple chooses to collaborate in the context of a Collaborative Divorce, they are choosing a process that is designed to provide opportunities, including the opportunity to design a financial outcome based on their collective goals and interests. Whether verbalized or not, collaborating couples almost always want an efficient process where the financial outcome is reasonable and acceptable for both. In other words, how can we produce a financial outcome that best meets our collective goals and interests and do so as efficiently as possible? Even in the best of economic times, we know this is not an easy task.