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Collaborative Law in Travis and Williamson Counties in Texas

Sunday, May 8, 2011 by Felix Rippy

Just like mediation was unknown back in the 1980s and now it's required prior to trial by most every Court in Travis and Williamson County in Texas, collaborative law is beginning to be very important and there are at least two huge misconceptions....first is that collaborative law is for easy agreed cases...it's not.  It's for cases where both sides think the other is lying and will spend $10,000 or more on experts and so they agree to use just one expert...whether it will be a parenting expert or a financial expert.  Second, it's thought that most collaborative law cases don't settle, but just like with mediation, more than 75% settle because anyone who doesn't listen to the one chosen expert gets to hire a new lawyer...a penalty for be an uncontrollable waste of money client.  In short, collaborative law is for the tough cases, not the easy ones, and only a few lawyers are trained to write a collaborative law agreement in Travis or Williamson County in Texas.
Posted at 15:04 PM
Topic: Family Law
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