Cost Comparison

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	Court Cases	Collaborative Cases
Financial Costs	$15,000 to $100,000 per person	$2,250 to $5,525 per person
Time to Resolve	6 months to 3 years	3 months to 1 year
Emotional Cost	Blaming, fault-finding, animosity increases, communication decreases	Future oriented, communication skills developed through process
Schedule Costs	Court determines process dates	Clients control meeting dates
Impact on Children	Potential harm to the children when they are put in the middle of the adversarial process	Parents learn how to minimize the impact on the children. Child's voice can be brought into the process without dividing loyalties.
Impact on Your Business	Potential loss or sale of business to cover property settlement	Opportunity to find solutions that can preserve the business, ensuring it provides for the family
Control of Decision-Making Costs	Judge determines outcome; outcome limited by the law	Clients negotiate outcome; clients can be creative with solutions
Fairness	Judge determines fairness based on previous cases, the law and personal experiences	Clients determine what is fair for their own family through negotiation
Long Term Costs	Mandated solutions imposed on the family are least likely to be cooperative, which can lead to further court involvement after the divorce	Client based solutions are most likely to be followed, minimized further conflict and the need for additional expense

Costs vary from case to case depending on the complexity of the issues and the parties involved. This cost estimate represents typical cases and may not represent your actual costs.

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