Answer: Cooperative Divorce Law offers may positives for all involved in the potential turmoil and frustration of the divorce process. Cooperative Divorce Law:

• Facilitates communication between the parties
• Provides a format for constructive settlement negotiations
• Reduces the stress and uncertainty of divorce
• Formalizes the commitment of the attorneys to direct their efforts toward settlement instead of litigation
• Eases the fears of the parties and of their children
• Enables and encourages healthy co-parenting
• Provides positive guidance in identifying and narrowing the issues
• Reduces conflict and discourages fighting in court
• Makes it possible for the parties to maintain their dignity
• Addresses the parties’ motions, feelings, and concerns
• Gives the parties a forum to air their grievances in a positive, non-destructive manner
• Encourages and induces practical problem solving
• Keeps the parties focused on the future, instead of dwelling on the past
• Allows the parties to keep their finances and personal lives private, and prevents them from becoming a matter of public record
• Prevents conflict from escalating
• Avoids having a judge determine who should get (or give) what
• Makes it possible for the parties to control the length, outcome, and cost of their divorce
• Provides finality and reduces the chances of further problems
• Allows the attorneys to go to court on behalf of their client if all reasonable attempts at settlement fail

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Calling us is easy. Ask for Richard or Kari (Oak Brook 630-928-0600 or Chicago 312-235-0100), or email us at rk@illinoislegal.com or kc@illinoislegal.com.

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Richard and Kari are staunch advocates of the non-court approach to divorce, and are also active and seasoned litigators with over 60 years of combined trial experience in the Illinois divorce courts of Cook, DuPage, and Kane counties.