High-Conflict Divorce Doesn't Mean You Have to Go to Court
About this episode
Andrea Vacca discusses how high-conflict divorces can be resolved outside of court through collaborative processes.
When a marriage has been defined by conflict, whether it is open arguments or long stretches of silence, most people assume divorce will have to be settled in court. If we can't agree on anything now, the thinking goes, how could we possibly reach an agreement on our own? In this solo episode of A Better Divorce Podcast, Andrea Vacca takes that assumption apart. Drawing on her work as a non-adversarial divorce attorney, she explains why the courtroom is the single worst environment for couples already locked in conflict, and why the adversarial attorneys typically hired to take a case to court tend to widen the gap between spouses rather than close it. Andrea makes the case for the collaborative divorce process as the approach best suited to high-conflict dynamics. Instead of a slow, win-lose battle that can stretch on for years in New York, collaborative divorce surrounds a couple with support: two non-adversarial attorneys committed in writing to staying out of court, a neutral financial professional who can see the whole picture and ease the trust issues that often fuel conflict, and a family specialist or divorce coach who helps manage communication, emotions, and the…
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