Collaborative Law is a non-litigation process that is used for divorce cases that permits the spouses to resolve their dispute without intervention from the Courts. The parties in Collaborative Law must agree in writing to use their best effort to make a good faith attempt to resolve their dispute without intervention from the court system. The Collaborative Law Process allows the parties and Attorney's to determine the pace of settlement which grants the parties time to emotionally deal with the divorce. The Collaborative Law method is less emotionally traumatic for all of the parties involved in the divorce especially the children

In Collaborative Law the parties and their Attorney's meet in the Attorney's office in sessions to resolve their dispute instead of in court. The sessions are confidential and are interest based instead of position based. A neutral Mental Health Professional is present at the sessions to help facilitate the session and to act as a communication coach between the parties. The neutral counselor assists the parties to work through their emotions and anxiety's so that the parties can resolve their divorce dispute. The parties decide for themselves the issues of the custody of the children as opposed to the standard custody order that the Texas Courts mandate. The parties decide for themselves the division of the marital estate instead of the judge deciding the division of assets and debts.

In Collaborative Law the parities have open face-to-face communications about their divorce as opposed to Mediation where the parties are in separate rooms and a Mediator acts as the negotiator for the parties. The process does not require the children to be present and they do not have to be involved in the divorce process as opposed to divorce proceedings in court. The goal in Collaborative Law is to assist the parties in achieving a divorce in a way that is not demeaning to the parties and to allow the parties to co-parent together after the divorce.