Welcome to DACP
We are a group of collaborative professionals in Dallas and Collin Counties who bring decades of education, experience, and expertise to resolve family disputes privately with respect and dignity and without litigation. Our group consists of attorneys, financial professionals, and mental health professionals in Dallas, Plano, and McKinney who are committed to using the collaborative law model in order to meet the needs of our clients. The Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Professionals invites you to explore our website to learn about a better way to resolve your divorce or other family law issue. Many people such as you are discovering that the court system is not the best way to resolve painful and private issues involving their family. For them, Collaborative Law has provided a more constructive and positive alternative. In Collaborative Law, issues are handled privately in a manner that is respectful and places the needs of the clients and their children foremost.
DACP Launches Collaborative Family Law Pro Bono Service Project
At its Fall Retreat in November, 2006, the Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Professionals launched an initiative to offer pro bono process mediation and collaborative law services to the family district courts in Dallas County, Texas. The mission of the project is to “offer pro bono collaborative law services to clients of limited financial means with cases pending in Dallas County’s family district courts in consideration of the gratitude felt by members for having been the beneficiaries of the collaborative law process and the value it offers their clients.” Program guidelines for the project and forms were prepared. Permission is granted for groups to use the forms and adapt them as needed in initiating court–annexed Collaborative Practice pro bono programs. Click here to link to Forms. The judges of all the Dallas County family district courts were invited to participate in March, 2007. The following judges all agreed to participate: Hon. David Hanschen of the 254th District Court, Hon. Lori Chrisman Hockett of the 255th, Hon. David Lopez of the 256th, Hon. Lynn Cherry of the 301st, Hon. Tena Callahan of the 302nd, and Hon. Dennise Garcia of the 303rd. All members of DACP have volunteered to serve clients in matters referred by the courts. The project accepted it first mediation referral on March 29, 2007.
The collaborative process puts decision-making back in the hands of the clients. DACP members have the opportunity to serve as effective settlement advocates for their clients, rather than engaging in gamesmanship tactics. The utilization of a team approach that incorporates the expertise of a communication consultant and a financial professional ensures that more than just the legal issues are addressed. Collaborative clients learn how to communicate in a manner that fosters co-parenting and civility between the clients, and they are more fully informed about the financial impact of decisions that they make. We invite you to explore this website further to learn about this Collaborative Law process that is truly revolutionary.
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