We all know that getting divorced can be expensive. As well as giving your soon to be ex-wife half of your worldly possessions (unless you’ve a seriously good lawyer like Paul McCartney) you’ll also have t pay for all of the legal costs, and solicitors are very expensive. Even the rubbish ones cost a fortune.

With this in mind, it may be cheaper for to try a collaborative divorce. This means you and your soon to be ex get together and iron out the technicalities of your separation without the need for a lawyer. Obviously doing this means you do need to cooperate, or collaborate (as the name suggests) which involves talking to each other in a courteous manner.

Something which most divorcing couples refuse to do.

If you can cope with talking to your soon to be ex, the Academy of Collaborative Professionals is offering a free download of a Collaborative Divorce Knowledge Kit.

For a limited time, the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) is offering a free, downloadable “Collaborative Divorce Knowledge Kit.” The kit is designed for individuals unsure of the Collaborative divorce model. It explains the non-court Collaborative process and includes a “Litigation Divorce vs. Collaborative Divorce” chart that directly compares the two models and recent case studies.

Clive Bellmore