Collaborative Divorce Attorney In Kansas City

Collaborative Divorce Attorney in Kansas City

Is your goal to resolve your case without a trial?

For many families, the idea of going to court and putting their family’s financial future and parenting plan in the hands of a judge to decide after a contested trial, is scary. Collaborative divorce, like mediation, is a good option for families who desire a private, family-centered process to address their unique needs and goals.

Collaborative Divorce offers the family more privacy and flexibility.

The collaborative divorce model provides your family with the opportunity to avoid going to trial by working with a team dedicated to helping your family create a solution in your best interest in a safe, confidential process. The collaborative model is a favorable option for many families who wish to have more control over their divorce and value the privacy that the collaborative process offers. 

The role of the Collaborative Team

The team typically includes a collaborative divorce attorney for each party, a financial planner who is a neutral team member who gathers the necessary financial information and provides a detailed financial analysis to the parties and attorneys to help them in the negotiations and decision making, and a mental health professional who is a neutral divorce coach to help the parties with minor children create their parenting plan, facilitate the collaborative meetings and help the parties communicate.

In many cases, Collaborative Divorce is less expensive and takes less time.

Although each case is unique, the collaborative process often offers the family a less expensive  and more time efficient way to dissolve the marriage, designed to specifically meet the needs of the family. 

If the collaborative process seems to be a better fit for your family, instead of going to court and asking a judge to decide the issues of custody, property division and financial support, please schedule an appointment with Nathalie Elliott. She is an experienced collaborative divorce attorney practicing in Missouri and Kansas.

Nathalie Elliott is also a member of Collaborative Practice Kansas City which is a network of divorce attorneys, financial analysts and mental health professionals committed to offering parties the guidance, support, and expertise to resolve all issues surrounding their divorce outside a courtroom. The members of the collaborative practice network have significant experience working with families utilizing the collaborative divorce model.

The Levy Craig family law team makes client satisfaction, good communication and strong, effective advocacy a top priority. To schedule a consultation with Collaborative Divorce Attorney Nathalie Elliott, please call Janet Woolsey at 816.454.7474.