Divorce Mediation
In divorce mediation, a couple works with the neutral mediators to resolve all of the issues involved in getting divorced. Generally, the parties meet with the mediators together in one room and discuss their goals and how they can be met.
The main issues that need to be resolved include:
- Division of Assets and Debts
- Parenting
- Child Support
- Spousal Support
In order to address these issues, the mediators help the couple collect and evaluate financial information including valuing assets, preparing budgets for their future lives, and planning for the future of their children. The mediators generally meet with the couple for two-hour sessions over a period of weeks, carefully discussing and evaluating the implications of their decisions.
The mediators do not represent either party or make decisions for the couple. Instead, they enable the couple to substitute creative problem solving for the fighting that accompanies a traditional adversarial divorce.
Importantly, the husband and wife are urged to examine their underlying goals and values to help in deciding how their divorce should look. The mediators will help the parties refer back to these goals and values throughout the mediation process.
In mediation, the goal is not to have a winner and a loser. Instead, the mediation process fosters fair and reasonable solutions that best meet the needs of the entire family.
After all of the issues have been resolved, the attorney-mediator will prepare a separation agreement that reflects the decisions that have been reached. This separation agreement can be submitted to and finalized by the court.
The separation agreement will include a parenting agreement describing how the mother and father will co-parent the children.
Throughout the process, the mediators will help the divorcing couple prepare all required court documents and guide them through the divorce process from beginning to end.
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