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When you and your former partner opt for a collaborative divorce you are putting yourselves in control of the timing of the divorce process.
If you go to court you are most certainly not in charge. The attorneys set court dates and these dates are set to fit their schedules, not yours. If you need extra time to think about an issue or find that things are moving too quickly, you may not be able to stop things once they get going. On the flip side, if your divorce case gets put at the bottom of the pile for some reason, you could find that the process in dragging when you really want to get some closure and move on with your life.
In a collaborative divorce, the couple can decide how to proceed. It is up to you to decided when the petition for divorce is filed. The process moves forward when the two parties involved agree and there is not third party there to impose restrictions.
A divorce is already painful enough without the added pressure of having to go through it on someone else’s timetable. Both parties will feel much more empowered when they are the ones overseeing the process.
