divorce mediation
Divorce is painful. It is difficult, time consuming, and costly to divide a shared household into separate lives.
Divorce mediation is an affordable, non-adversarial, and confidential process that allows you to be in charge of your future and to generate agreements that make sense for your specific situation and relationship.
When you get divorced, there are a number of issues (20-25) that family court requires you to address to get an uncontested divorce. Mediation appointments- called a session- are hour long appointments where we focus on working through as many issues as we can in order to ensure you reach a fair and equitable agreement on each issue. Mediation sessions are scheduled one at a time until all of the issues are addressed. The role of the mediator is to remain neutral and work equally for both spouses.
As soon as both spouses come to agreement on all issues and you are satisfied that it is a fair and equitable agreement based on your unique circumstances, you will be provided a written agreement called a Memorandum of Understanding that you can file with family court.
coparenting plan mediation
Co-parenting is the business of raising your children after divorce or the end of a relationship. Co-parenting plan mediation allows you to take the step to advance your co-parenting relationship on a playing field of compromise and agreement rather than conflict and litigation.
Co-parenting plan mediation operates on a few basic principles:
The best interest of your child(ren) is the cornerstone and central focus when creating a co-parenting plan.
The level of conflict a child is exposed to during divorce or the end of the parents’ relationship is predictive of the difficulty they will experience later on in their own emotional development. As a result, mediation focuses on promoting compromise and agreement in order to reduce conflict between parents and contribute to the healthy emotional development of the child(ren).
You are the experts on your own family. You are in the best, most unique position to make decisions for your family.
As soon as both parents come to agreement on all issues related to the child(ren) and you are satisfied that it is a fair and equitable agreement in the best interest of your child(ren), you will be provided a written agreement called a Memorandum of Understanding that you can file with family court.
*Co-parenting plan mediation is included as part of the divorce mediation process or can be done separately to resolve post-divorce or other custody issues.
