Lee interviews Elaine Silver to learn more about the difference between the Collaborative Divorce process vs. the Litigation Style Divorce. They discuss how using a financial neutral and mental health neutral can save time and money along with preserving the co-parenting relationship. Elaine also talks a little bit about other options people have including Pro Se divorce, which is mediation without using lawyers. and how that process might look if someone wanted to explore it more. In addition, they cover topics related to using a Guardian Ad Litem, refundable retainers and things to ask when interviewing lawyers to decide who to hire.

 If you are about to get divorced, you definitely need to hear this information. Elaine is an experienced divorce attorney and mediator with years of representing clients in Central Florida and in Connecticut. A peacemaker, Elaine can guide you down the path that best serves you. She has facilitated peaceful divorces throughout Florida for more than 20 years, personally working with each client. Elaine T. Silver is a Board Member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, a past president of the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals and a FACP Accredited Collaborative Professional. She is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator. She holds an AV Preeminent® rating with Martindale Hubbell (only five percent of attorneys are awarded this rating), which denotes the highest accolade an attorney can receive for her “legal ability” and “adherence to

 professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence.” www.silverdivorce.com 407-268-6830