Collaborative

 Litigation

 Litigation Timeline

(Costs vary for each case.  Cost for each meeting is $800 to $1,000 per party, including prep, debriefing, minutes)

(With estimated costs for each side)

(Times are listed from start of case)

Retain Professionals

• Determine Team Composition
• Clients retain attorneys and coaches
• Preparation for 1st 4 way

Establish the Framework

• Review Process and The Help List
• Commitment to Process
• Sign Agreements
• Share each person's interests and needs

Retain attorneys

• Initial case planning and
  information gathering
• $2,000 to $10,000 or more)

Temporary Arrangements

• Agree on interim financial and parenting arrangements, which can be retroactive and without prejudice

Order to Show Cause

• Re: Support, Custody, Use of property, Restraining Orders
• ($2,000 to $5,000 each time)

Gather Information

• Determine additional team members
• Determine information and
  documents to gather
• Assign responsibility for gathering
• Continue to share each person’s interests,
  needs and options

Formal and Informal Discovery

• Interrogatories, depositions
• Demand for Documents
• Subpenas
• Joint or separate expert evaluations
• Disclosure Forms
• ($1,500 to $20,000 or more)

Evaluate for choices and limitations created by

• Parties
• Real world
• Law

Analyze legal outcome
Settlement proposals and counter-proposals and/or settlement meetings

• ($1,000 to $3,000 or more)

Reaching agreement

• Brainstorm settlement options
• Evaluate for consequences
• Negotiate to resolution

Completion

• Marital Settlement Agreement
• Court required pleadings
• Signing documents and Closing

Trial

• Trial setting pleadings ($1,500)
• Expert disclosures and depositions
  ($1,000 to $5,000 or more)
• Judicial settlement conference
  ($1,000 to $3,000)
• Trial brief
  ($1,000 to $2,500)
• Prepare witnesses
  ($750 to $2,500)
• Trial
  ($2,000 per day)
• Post trial pleadings and motions
  ($500 to $5,000)

Review

• Review parenting & financial
  arrangements, as needed

Post-separation motions

• Modify or enforce custody or support
• Enforce property division
• ($2,000 - $5,000 or more each time)

Until child 18

 Total: $5,000 to $25,000

Total: $15,000-$50,000 and up

Indefinite