Niagara Collaborative Law Group
How Collaborative Law Works ...

Collaborative Law is a cooperative, voluntary conflict resolution process. The essence of the process is the belief that it is in the best interest of the parties and their families, to avoid adversarial proceedings, to resolve their differences with minimum conflict, and to work together to create shared solutions to the issues. The goal of Collaborative Law is to maximize the settlement options to both parties, to increase the abilities of families to communicate in a post-separation relationship, and to minimize, if not eliminate, the negative economic, social and emotional consequences to families that have broken down. In choosing the Collaborative Law process, the parties and their lawyers commit to settling the case without court involvement. The participants agree to devote all of their efforts to achieve a negotiated settlement. Collaborative Law relies on an atmosphere of honesty, cooperation, integrity, and professionalism geared towards the future well-being of all family members. Collaborative Law utilizes informal discussions and short conferences to settle the outstanding issues. Collaborative Law requires each party to identify their actual needs and true interests in resolving their concerns. Where such interests differ, all participants use their best efforts to create proposals that meet the fundamental needs of both parties in order to reach a settlement of all issues.

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