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Here at Wallace, Robinson and Morgan, we genuinely understand that the decision to separate is one of the hardest you will ever have to face.  It’s the polar-opposite to the path you had planned and the emotions it provokes will vary, not only according to the reason for which the separation has come about, but also from person to person, day by day and hour by hour. That’s why we tailor our divorce advice specifically to your situation.

Whether the decision has been reached mutually and amicably or there is bad feeling between you and your ex-partner, initial thoughts often focus on the financial assets and ensuring you get as much as possible from your divorce.

Do you really want to create unnecessary stress and anguish for yourself, not to mention the impact on any children you have and the wider family? If you have children, you’ll both want to be part of their important life events – graduations, weddings and birthday celebrations, preferably without the animosity and tension that can be brought about by divorce proceedings. Try and think rationally when considering your divorce and ascertain what a successful outcome might really look like for you in the long term.

The traditional divorce process almost encourages people to maximise personal gain, fuelling those negative feelings that are natural bi-products of the initial separation. 

Luckily, there is another way…one that is fair for both parties, one that is dignified and enables you to avoid involving a judge where you inevitably lose control of the situation, and one that minimises the impact of divorce on you and your loved ones, both during the divorce process, and for the years to come.  This alternative to the traditional divorce process is known as Collaborative Law.

As with mediation, Collaborative Law is based on principled negotiations. However, unlike mediation, where both parties meet with one neutral mediator who can’t offer legal advice, Collaborative Law involves each party instructing their own collaboratively trained lawyer who is present in each session and able to offer advice when required.  The other advantage to the collaborative law process is the fact that the lawyers who will draft and agree a final version of the court papers for you have been part of the agreement process, thus fully understanding how you arrived there.  This reduces the chance of delays at this stage that might result from misunderstanding.

The divorce service available to our clients is really rather unique. Our team are trained in both traditional and collaborative family law, this is not the case in most law firms. Providing divorce advice in Birmingham, Solihill, Dorridge and other neighbouring towns, our team equipped with both skill sets enables us to offer the choice of two routes:

Kathryn is one of relatively few lawyers trained in both traditional and collaborative law. She is a friendly and approachable professional who has more than 20 years of experience and a great deal of empathy for your situation, giving you the best opportunity of achieving a divorce with an outcome that feels successful for you.

Collaborative Law is a new approach to the resolution of family issues such as divorce, financial agreements and child contact arrangements. A settlement is reached in a non-confrontational manner and without the need for court involvement, based upon co-operation between parties and the assistance of collaboratively trained lawyers in face-to-face meetings. 

At your first face to face meeting, your collaborative lawyers will make sure that you both understand that you are making a commitment to working out an agreement without going to court. You will all sign an agreement to this effect.