Yes, there is collaborative divorce (in terms of agreeing not to go to court and using mediators to come to an agreement). I don't think we'll even need to take it that far. He is going to hire a lawyer on an hourly basis to draw up the settlement and make sure it's all in the proper wording and that we're not missing anything. The only thing that has to be dealt with is the house and we're in agreement on that (he will refinance, buy me out for an amount we already agreed upon, and title it in his name only. If he can't refinance it has to be sold, so I'm hoping he'll qualify for financing). No kids make it pretty easy. I don't plan to hire a lawyer to check it because it's pretty straightforward. Basically we'll submit our various paperwork, I will sign off on the agreement providing it matches what we discussed, we appear in court and swear the marriage is irretrievably broken.. that's about it to the legal process. I'm not sure yet if I want to swear it's irretrievably broken but I don't want things to get messy if I say "no" in court. We'll see how I feel in 120 days.


Me:30 H:29, no kids
T:12, M:4 (when D was final)
12/13: "Don't think I want to be M anymore"
6/14: Separated (I move)
1/15: H filed for D
5/15: D final