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Our Naperville Cooperative Divorce lawyers will assist you in obtaining a speedy and cost-effective divorce without the need for expensive litigation. Collaborative Divorce and Cooperative Divorce are alternative dispute resolution methods that may be more cost-effective and less stressful than a traditional divorce if you believe that you and your spouse can negotiate the terms of your divorce in good faith and can openly and honestly exchange information outside of court.
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In this article, Cooperative divorce lawyers explain some changes that came to Illinois divorce law in 2016.
While a number of changes occurred, we detail some of the most important ones, from the changes in grounds for divorce to new regulations around custody, visitation, and relocation.
Our Naperville divorce team wants you to know how to approach an uncontested divorce proceeding and has created the following companion article to assist you.
In it, we explain the differences between an uncontested divorce and a joint simplified divorce. We also show how uncontested divorces affect collaborative or cooperative divorce and family mediation proceedings.
Read more from our Naperville Cooperative Divorce attorneys about uncontested divorces in Illinois.
Our Divorce attorneys want to help you better understand what these two types of divorce are and have written the following companion article to help you.
Both Collaborative Law Divorces and Cooperative Divorces are tools that the parties to a divorce can use to facilitate out-of-court settlement and reduce the potential for litigation and trial to resolve issues surrounding the Divorce. If the parties are successful in reaching an agreement, the parties are both saved the cost of litigation, making their divorce much less expensive. Litigation also creates an adversarial relationship between the parties to a divorce, which leads to stress on the family and negatively effects the parties relationship should they be required to share parenting responsibility after the divorce.