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"What are some of the advantages of choosing Collaborative Divorce?"

Collaborative Divorce is the alternative to the traditional divorce. It enables parties to get a divorce without the "gotcha" tactics of traditional litigation. It enables parties to come up with a solution for their family that is best for their unique situation.

In a Collaborative Divorce, the parties can select two collaboratively-trained divorce attorneys that can help them resolve their issues without going to court. They can also select different professionals for their team, such as financial professionals, mental-health professionals, and child specialists to enable them to achieve a better result.

Shawn Weber is a family-law attorney and divorce mediator with Brave, Weber & Mack in San Diego, CA. He can be reached at (619) 234-2121. View his firm's Divorce Magazine profile.