Donna Beck Weaver      Family Law and Mediation

520 Broadway, Su. 350
Santa Monica, CA 90401
ph: 310-458-3336
fax: 310-393-0464

Collaborative Law

Los Angeles Collaborative Law Attorney

Would you be more comfortable with personal guidance and advice of a family law attorney throughout your divorce, and the availability of financial expertise and counseling for you or your children?  Then Collaborative Law was designed for you.

Collaborative Law was specifically designed to provide legal advice without adversarial  court battles, and to offer options for adding other expertise when helpful for structuring settlements, such as neutral financial and communication counseling.

Like many others, Los Angeles County has enacted special court rules for Collaborative Law for management and finalizing of settlements. This helps to keep court costs lower for collaborative cases.

Collaborative Law is the newer cousin of Mediation, providing a greater level of support for those coping with the family restructuring that comes with divorce and separation.  As with Mediation, both spouses must choose to participate.

Donna Beck Weaver is a leading collaborative law attorney in Southern California and can assist you in your family law matter.

  • What To Expect In Collaborative Law

     As your Collaborative Attorney, Donna Beck Weaver will help you assess your situation and move toward settlement using these four steps:

    Step 1:  Understand each person’s concerns and goals
    Step 2:  Gather and exchange full financial information
    Step 3:  Explore a wide range of possible choices
    Step 4:  Reach solutions that are acceptable to both of you

    With the collaborative approach, you can have the confidence of privacy and expertise in solving your situation.

    Because of the relationship-preserving quality of Collaborative Law, it is also well suited for other family situations such as Prenuptial Agreements and  Cohabitation Agreements

  • How We Can Help

    Los Angeles Collaborative Attorney Donna Beck Weaver is highly regarded as a leading collaborative divorce attorney for family law matters located throughout Southern California. 

    Donna Beck Weaver's strong commitment to extending the availability of Collaborative Law to families in Southern California includes:

    • Founder and past president of the respected county-wide organization Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association, www. Lacfla.org
    • Member, Board of Directors of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, www.collaborativepractice.com  (2007-9)
    • Recipient of the Eureka Award by Collaborative Practice California.  


    Contact Donna Beck Weaver to learn more about using Collaborative Law for your situation anywhere in the greater Southern California area.

  • Judges Endorse Collaborative Law


    "Marital dissolutions often are not merely legal or economic disputes.  Because they arise out of the most intimate relationships, they
    implicate the basic personal, emotional and familial needs of
    parties and their children.  Our court system increasingly has
    recognized that a judicial decree is far from the final word in a
    divorce; parental and fiscal responsibilities may last for many years.
     
    The collaborative approach, which includes attorneys for each party,
    as well as mental health professionals and neutral financial experts
    to support the family and guide the parties to mutually acceptable resolutions, can provide parties with complementary resources and dispute resolution methods that are simply unavailable in court."

    --Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of California
    Supreme Court of California

     

    Laws and Statutes About Collaborative Law

     

    The State of California's Collaborative Law Act is found at California Family Code 2013.

    The United States Uniform Laws Commission approved the Uniform Collaborative Law Act in 2009.  


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Keep Your Dignity

"When your hope is to have a compassionate ending and a healthy new beginning, Collaborative Law is a wise choice because it offers support that is simply unavailable in court." --Donna Beck Weaver, Los Angeles Collaborative Law Attorney

  
 Santa Monica Collaborative Family Law Attorney Donna Beck Weaver

 

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520 Broadway, Su. 350
Santa Monica, CA 90401
ph: 310-458-3336
fax: 310-393-0464