What is Divorce Mediation?
What is Divorce Mediation?
WHY MEDIATION FOR MY DIVORCE? Anyone who is involved in a divorce should consider mediation as an option. Mediation can work for almost all couples and has a long list of benefits.
•Mediation is much less expensive than a court trial or a series of hearings.
•Most mediations end in a settlement of all of the issues in your divorce.
•Mediation is confidential, with no public record of what goes on in your sessions.
•Mediation allows you to arrive at a resolution based on your own ideas of what is fair in your situation, rather than having a solution imposed upon you based on rigid and impersonal legal principles.
•You can still have a lawyer give you legal advice if you wish.
•You and your spouse -- not the court -- can control the process.
•The mediation process can improve communication between you and your spouse, helping you avoid future conflicts.