Divorce Mediation

What is divorce mediation?

Perhaps you know someone who has been through a long, difficult and drawn out divorce legal process. Maybe it was a painful divorce, or a challenging separation, or a difficult parenting dispute. How did the conflict get resolved? Were this person’s needs and interests fully addressed? At what price, financially and emotionally, was a solution reached?

Mediation is a process where a neutral or impartial professional, the mediator, helps people who are in a dispute come to a mutually acceptable agreement. In mediation, the parties identify the issues that are important to them so that they can discuss them and make important decisions. The role of the mediator is to provide a safe, confidential environment wherein he or she can assist the parties in effectively communicating with each other so that a solution can be reached that works for everyone.

You are in the driver’s seat in the divorce mediation process. With the guidance of the mediator, the parents decide the residential arrangements that are in their children’s best interests. The couple ending a lengthy marriage looks at their marital estate and decides an allocation that meets both of their financial needs and secures their financial future.

My goal in mediation is to help parties resolve their disputes  with dignity and integrity, in an atmosphere of safety and confidentiality.