In line with our solution centric focused, we often advice clients to consider alternative dispute resolution methods before proceeding immediately into headlong litigation. In a highly emotive situation such as a divorce where a plethora of emotions are often running rampant, to achieve what would be in the best interest of not just the couple, as individuals but the children, mediation or the collaborative process would allow parties involved in the conflict to take a step back and re-focus, and to arrive at a solution that allows the family, as individual members, to move forward long after the conflict has ended.