Mediation and Collaborative Practice, both appropriate dis-
pute resolution models for family law disputes, often sit side by
side. Attorneys interested in a
peacehl, constructive method of
helping their clients through the difficult divorce minefield are
urging their clients to opt out of the traditional court-mandated
ADR models on a collision course? Will they
system. Are these
continue to coexist? Or, are we headed toward a blending of the
models? For some cases where either the Collaborative process
won't work for the parties, this author envisions
or mediation
a blended model ... thus, the advent of "MediCollabn (pro-
nounced "medical-labn.)
