The Collaborative Law Process Act
Exciting news! Florida has adopted a law codifying the Collaborative approach to family law disputes. Collaborative divorce is a relatively new phenomenon in most states in the U.S., and as such, until now it was largely unregulated, although it has been practiced successfully around the world for some time. On March 24, 2016, Florida became the 14th State in the United States to enact a Collaborative Law Statute, with Governor Scott’s signature on the Collaborative Law Process Act (CLPA). This law is an important step for the State of Florida to tell Judges, lawyers and divorcing spouses that Florida supports dispute resolution by the parties themselves without a third party, “the Judge” telling them what the correct outcome is to their divorce. The Act The…
