The collaborative law process does not guarantee you that every asset or every pound of income will be disclosed, any more than the conventional litigation process can guarantee you that. In the end,a dishonest person who works very hard to coneal money can sometimes succeed, because the time and expense involved in investigating concealed assets can be high, and the results uncertain. However,far greater efforts to track down concealed assets and income can beexpected in conventional litigation than in collaborative law, which relies upon voluntary disclosure.

You are generally the best judge of your spouse or partner's basic honesty. If he/she would lie on an income tax return, he or she is probably not a good candidate for a collaborative law divorce,because the necessary honesty would be lacking. But if you have confidence in his or her basic honesty, then the process may be agood choice for you. The choice ultimately is yours.