Mediation
Practice
Family Mediation
The rational alternative
Mediation
services are provided to clients before, during
and after
separation or divorce. Mediation helps clients
to reach decisions
concerning responsibilities that each
individual will assume,
both now and in the future; and
help to determine, how they
will share time with their
children.
What
is family mediation?
Family mediation is a process with an impartial third
party who helps families identify and clarify issues between
them, and assists them in coming to an agreement on some or
all of these issues. The goal of successful family mediation
is to help family members arrive at an agreement which is
in the best interest of the family. It is very important for
the family to maintain control and be involved in these important
decisions. The parents are partners in decision making. Family
mediation does not deal with fault, find blame, give legal
advice, or make decisions for others. The mediation sessions
are brief and usually involve 4-8 sessions.
Why
family mediation?
A major difficulty in family law is that the problems
brought by families are frequently not primarily legal problems;
they are deep human problems in which the law is involved.
Voluntary settlements which are worked out on an emotional
as well as an intellectual level, are not only more humane
than those forced by litigation, but are also more practical,
economical and likely to endure.
Decisions reached by mutual agreement mean that neither
party
is the loser or has been taken advantage of, with
the result
that there is less likelihood of revenge
erupting later and
leading to new and prolonged legal
battles.
Research studies have indicated that the over-whelming
majority
of families who come to mediation reach agreement
on most
of their issues.
We can help you with:
-
Feelings
associated with ending the marriage
-
Post-divorce
parenting plans
-
Explaining
divorce to children
-
Property
disputes
-
Financial
issues
-
Working
with lawyers as part of the mediation process
Benefits of mediation
:
-
Less
costly than litigation
-
Voluntary
settlements, arrived at through the
mediation process,
take into consideration the
emotions and needs of all
family members
-
Children
of concerned parents tend to maintain
healthy, meaningful
relationships with both parents -
an important aspect
of their adjustment after
separation
-
Everyone
benefits from mutual cooperation of family
members...
parents, their children, lawyers, judges,
the system...
and society!
Other areas of mediation provided include:
-
Arbitration
-
Family/business
conflicts
-
Employment
and workplace disputes
-
Extended
family issues regarding elderly parents
-
Intra-organizational
disputes
-
Community
disputes
-
Landlord/Tenant
disputes
"When
a marriage is over it is not a time for
retribution and
revenge, but rather the time to make a
positive adjustment
while providing for and protecting
the children."
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