If she's that interested in working with you amicably, why instruct a L at enormous expense? You're not at D stage yet, so is this just about house/S?

Minimise the disruption to S? Yeah, a D, mixed with an A, will certainly do that.

M 45 W 52
SD22 S9 D8
BD 6 April 2015
Not living together 4 Dec 2015