Palm Harbor Collaborative Lawyers

Benefits of collaborative divorce

Serving Pasco, Pinellas, and Hillsborough Counties with law offices in Largo, Holiday & Palm Harbor

K. Dean Kantaras is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law by the Florida Bar

Our collaborative lawyers in Palm Harbor at the Law Offices of K. Dean Kantaras, P.A. recommend collaborative divorce whenever we believe it can be a successful approach.

Structure of the collaborative divorce process

Through a series of informal sessions, spouses and their Palm Harbor collaborative attorneys address divorce issues based on the best interests of the couple and their children. When appropriate, parties can have outside professionals, such as child specialists or financial consultants, offer suggestions, explanations, or solutions to problems.

Advantages that collaborative divorce offers

Whenever situations are favorable for collaborative divorce, the process offers spouses these advantages:

• An amicable approach. Lawyers encourage spouses to cooperate and work in a friendly atmosphere to achieve common goals. This approach to settling divorce is usually less stressful than more formal settings.
• Timely resolutions. Typically, couples are able to resolve issues within a number of sessions and sign a participation agreement that their lawyers submit to the court.
• Affordable costs. Attorney fees and court costs can be expensive, and the longer a divorce drags on, the more expense the couples incur. Because collaborative divorce generally moves quickly, couples save money and use up less of their marital estate.
• Incentive to settle. Spouses must retain different lawyers should they decide to stop the collaborative process and resort to litigation. For that reason, most feel motivated to reach a settlement.
• Control over the outcome. In collaborative divorce, couples arrive at their own decisions about child custody, support, and property division arrangements.
• Maintaining privacy. Collaborative divorce keeps matters private and out of court records. When personal facts, such as net worth, debt problems, or extra-marital affairs are not made public couples avoid added stress.
• A more positive future. Couples may find that their ability to resolve matters in a collaborative manner carries over to future problems. It provides a rational approach for making decisions about schooling, healthcare, support, and other matters in a more agreeable fashion.

Arrange a consultation with collaborative lawyers in Palm Harbor

Discuss collaborative divorce with one of our Palm Harbor divorce attorneys. Contact the Law Offices of K. Dean Kantaras, P.A. or call our Palm Harbor office at (727) 781-0000.