Multi-disciplinary divorce teams

	Multi/Transdisciplinary	Standard Divorce Model
Expert’s span of knowledge,Expertise and utilisation	Discipline specific experts with knowledge of other discipline’s roles to facilitate collaboration, utilised on all cases.	Discipline specific experts with working knowledge of other discipline’s roles such that inputs may be made with regard to other disciplines, utilized on all cases.
Organization	Typically there is a lead discipline (lawyers) but otherwise flat structure	Flat
Leadership	Lawyers may co-lead, not from position of power, but coordination. A facilitator may be appointed to manage team meetings to preclude power imbalances and manage participant interactions.	Any professional may facilitate. There are enough common skills and trust between professional participants. (Even clients may facilitate!)
Who defines the problem	Client/Team	Client
Information gathering	Client/Team/Individual Practitioners/consensus	Client/Team/Individual Practitioners
Goal setting	Client/Team consensus	Client
Decision making	Client/Team consensus	Client
Communication	Periodic team meetings, memos, emails, conf calls, reports. Reports are informed by information from other team members.	Regular team meetings, memos, emails, conf calls, fully integrated reports.
Agreement	Agreement is reached typically through interest-based negotiation between the clients in the context of information provided by the team, such that a consensus is reached, agreeable by the clients. Each discipline within the team offers their respective input to facilitate the process so that the clients make informed decisions in their mutual interest.	Agreement is reached typically through interest-based negotiation between the clients in the context of information provided by the team, such that a consensus is reached, agreeable by the clients. Each discipline within the team offers their respective input and may offer information of other disciplines to facilitate the process so that the clients make informed decision in their mutual interest.