WHO WE ARE
Portland Collaborative Divorce is a group of the highest-quality professionals in Portland offering support for families going through divorce and other family conflicts. We provide legal, emotional and financial support to help families with a peaceful divorce. We help you avoid the stress and expense of going to court.
PCD is made up of experienced and accomplished attorneys, mediators, mental health professionals, child specialists and financial specialists who can provide customized, collaborative (non-adversarial) services tailored to fit your family's needs.
The full compliment of our services include collaborative legal representation, mediation and co-mediation, mental health and divorce coaching, expertise regarding parenting and children's issues, financial planning, solution-based negotiations, and legal document assistance.
Portland Collaborative Divorce is not a law firm, but a professional network of independent practitioners. This provides the flexibility for both spouses to work with practitioners within our network.
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When your relationship is ending and your family will be transitioning to two homes, you may find yourself overwhelmed, unsure of next steps, concerned about your children, wrestling with big feelings, and staring down big decisions.
One of your first big decisions will be picking a divorce process. Your process shouldn’t add unnecessary suffering to the already painful process of divorce.
If you are hoping for a process that allows you to…
Maintain control of decision making that affects your family;
Protect your children’s interests, adjustment, and well-being;
Have peaceful resolutions;
Support your highest values and best version of yourself;
Stay out of court; or
Explore creative solutions for your family
…then you should consider the collaborative divorce process.
Portland Collaborative Divorce is a group of independent, high-quality professionals in the greater Portland area offering support for families going through divorce and other family conflicts. We provide legal, emotional and financial support to help families with a peaceful divorce. We help you avoid the stress and expense of going to court. We offer spouses a safe and supportive environment to explore their goals and interests and come to agreements using dispute resolution techniques. This process keeps decisions and outcomes in your hands while minimizing added fear, mistrust, and conflict.
THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS and the MEDIATION PROCESS
Interested in seeing what the Collaborative Process or the Team Mediation Process looks like?
View this twenty-minute film about a real-life couple’s own Collaborative divorce. Meet the professionals that support them, see the couple in actual meetings, and hear about how they felt about the process.