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What is Family Mediation?
Family mediation is an option for parents to work out the details for caring for your children after a divorce or separation.
How is Mediation done?
The parents will meet together with the trained mediator and together develop a parenting plan that works for both the parents and the children’s best interests.
Why is a mediator needed?
While a mediator is not a judge and will not make decisions for the couple on how to parent their children, the mediator is trained to keep the decision making between the couple on a level playing field. The mediator is also trained to point out when miscommunication might be happening and helping both sides see where the other is coming from.
Let’s face, no couple gets divorced or separated because they were great communicators. The mediator is trained to ensure respectful and level communication between the parties.
What happens at the end?
The agreement will be written up and depending on the situation and what the parents want, most of the time parents want it to be entered into the courts and become legally binding.
Why choose Mediation?
Do you want a judge choosing what happens with your kids? If you want to mediate nothing but child arrangements, it would be well worth it for your family relationships.
Remember - Family Mediation is NOT . . .
- Therapy or counseling.
- Does not decide who is to blame.
What is Divorce Mediation?
Divorce mediation is about deciding the details of your divorce in a private setting that you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse control. No private details are in public court records, no going to court and again, control over your life. You and your spouse decide, not a judge.
How is Mediation done?
You and your spouse will meet together with the trained mediator and together develop a plan that works for you. All topics will be addressed such as children, support payments, house, retirement, pet custody, personal property…etc…
Why is a mediator needed?
While a mediator is not a judge and will not make decisions for the couple, the mediator is trained to keep the decision making between the couple on a level playing field. The mediator is also trained to point out when miscommunication might be happening and helping both sides see where the other is coming from.
Let’s face, no couple gets divorce or separated because they were great communicators. The mediator is trained to ensure respectful and level communication between the parties.
A mediator also has information on what topics need to be addressed during a divorce so things do not go unaddressed.
What happens at the end?
The agreement will be written up and sent to your attorney for review. After this, it will be signed and entered into court and a binding agreement.
What if I want to change the agreement later on?
You can! You and your spouse will meet again for an additional mediation session. Changes will be addressed, written, reviewed by lawyers and entered back into the court. You have control over your divorce!
What is Pre-Nuptial Mediation?
Here we will mediate your standard pre-nuptial agreement (the same one you hear about in the news all the time).
Why Mediation?
What is great about mediation here, is that unlike an attorney, the mediator is trained to be more sensitive to the fact, that there is a couple sitting in front of them who just sent out save-the-date cards and are now in a mediator's office planning for a possible divorce. This is a very sensitive and uncomfortable situation if something wrong is said by anyone in the room. The mediator is trained to not only be sensitive, but also to be able to defuse any possible arguments between the engaged couple.
Pre-nuptial agreements are important, but especially if this is your second or third marriage.
What is Post-Nuptial Mediation?
Wouldn't be great to have an option for mediation before the divorce? Well now there is!
Post-nuptial agreements (also known as post-marital agreements) are written agreements made between spouses during their marriage. The aim of a post-nuptial agreement is generally to address problems in marriage. The parties negotiating a post-nuptial agreement want to stay married, and are intending that a mediation agreement will help their marriage. The goal is to create marital harmony and avoid divorce.
What is in a Post-Nuptial Agreement?
Post-nuptial agreements range from daily household chores to the provisions they wish to put into place if their marriage does end in divorce, and everything in between.
What about the legality?
Post-nuptial agreements are a relatively new area of law. Enforceability issues are still being addressed on a state-by-state basis. The soundness of post-nuptial agreements relies on the good faith and fair dealing of each of the parties. If a party wants to use the post-marital agreement for his or her advantage in a divorce, it might not be an appropriate vehicle for a couple.
It is likely that under the correct facts and circumstances, a properly conceived and fairly written post-nuptial agreement can be valid in case of a divorce, but more importantly, a post-nuptial agreement can set the couple on a path towards reconciliation and can help prevent divorce.
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