Collaborative law or collaborative dispute resolution is a process in which you are represented by a lawyer in your divorce, child custody, alimony, visitation or other family law or civil litigation matters without going to court.
Divorce conjures up images of aggressive lawyers, huge legal bills and bad feelings that last forever. Judges, who don’t know you, don’t know your spouse, and don’t know your children make all of your decisions.
That’s not how it has to be. Collaborative law and the collaborative lawyers of Maryland put you and the other party - your spouse, the parent of your child, or another person or business involved in a legal dispute - in charge. You, working with your lawyers trained in collaborative law, make the decisions about your future.
The collaborative process allows you, the person who is most concerned with the outcome, to take control of your own life. You, working with your attorney, decide what is most important - your children, your home, your pension, your future. The process encourages you and the other party to seek advice from neutral advisors on financial and child-related issues. You can have a divorce coach help you get through these difficult times.
Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals, Inc. is a Maryland non-profit
corporation organized to educate the public about a positive process to resolve
family law and other civil disputes. Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals
is a group of lawyers, financial and mental health professionals primarily located
in Montgomery County Maryland.
The purpose of the CDRP is to promote the use of the collaborative process in all aspects of dispute resolution by educating the public, ensuring the highest standards of collaborative practice, supporting our members and the broader collaborative community, and providing service to the community.
DISCLAIMER: Members of Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals, Inc.,
a non-profit corporation, are all financial planners, members of the mental
health profession, or licensed Maryland attorneys. All members have been trained
in collaborative law. Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals, Inc.
and the members thereof, are not responsible for the quality of professional
services that you may receive from any of the individuals that you may select.
Links to the various web pages are for your convenience only. No legal representation
is created by the use of this web page.
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