Exceptional and experienced peaceful divorce mediator and collaborative divorce attorney located in Orange County, California.

Collaborative Divorce

Collaborative divorce is an out-of-court alternative to traditional litigation that assists husband and wife to dissolve their marriage in a compassionate, practical, and informed manner while proceeding at their own pace.

Collaborative divorce employs a team of professionals.  Each spouse has a family law attorney and a coach, and if there are children, a child specialist. The coaches and child specialist are mental health professionals, such as family therapists or psychologists. Also, Husband and wife mutually select a financial professional who is a financial planner or certified public accountant.

Each member of the collaborative team has been specially trained in the collaborative process, and helps to empower the divorcing couple to make informed and creative decisions that are customized for their family.

Leslee Newman was one of the first attorneys to practice collaborative family law in Orange County, California.  As a co-founder of Orange County’s Collaborative Divorce Solutions, she has the experience and enthusiasm to guide you through this unique process.

What are the advantages of Collaborative Divorce?

Each spouse has an attorney who has been specially trained in peacemaking and the collaborative process.

Each spouse has a mental health professional (coach) to help them through the emotional part of the divorce and to improve communication with the other spouse.

A child specialist allows the children to have a voice in the process and assists the parents in making a parenting plan that is in the children's best interest.

A financial specialist helps to provide informed and creative ways to divide the property, debts, and to provide support for the two new households.

Entering into the collaborative contract helps to ensure the spouses’ commitment to resolve their divorce peacefully and out of court.

The collaborative process fosters mutual respect and the exchange of information which help husband and wife to make superior decisions in resolving the issues of their divorce.