Children are often the first casualties of a divorce. Parents may unintentionally use their children to get back at a spouse. Often times children are used as messengers carrying messages from one spouse to another. They can carry the weight of the divorce on their shoulders.

The Collaborative Divorce Process, a private divorce or out-of-court settlement option, is designed as an answer to the adversarial nature of the court or litigation process while addressing the less favorable aspects of mediation. 

 Not only is divorce one of the most stressful events a person can experience in their lifetime it can also be the most complicated.  In a divorce it is likely you are juggling major life events like buying and/or selling a house, moving, separating property, dividing retirement, transitioning work environments, telling the kids, gathering information etc.