Blog Category | Divorce mediation
Beyond The Battle: Amicable Divorce Options
Divorce affects countless individuals and families in the US. While many associate it with contentious legal battles, there are several options for a more peaceful and amicable resolution. Let us explore three alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods to help couples...
The Financial And Emotional Benefits Of Using Divorce Mediation
When facing a divorce, one of the most crucial decisions spouses make is how to approach the process. While traditional litigation may seem like the only option, mediation can offer a more peaceful choice. But what is divorce mediation, and...
Choosing Between Mediation And Collaborative Divorce
Deciding how to proceed with your divorce is crucial, especially if you aim for a resolution with minimal conflict. Many people seek alternatives to traditional court battles, opting for approaches like collaborative divorce or mediation. At first glance, these two approaches...
How To Know If Divorce Mediation Is An Option
In any marriage, circumstances will inevitably change as the years go by. Sometimes, divorce is the best course of action. These days, more Florida couples are opting for divorce mediation instead of a drawn-out, contentious litigated divorce. Here are some...
Could You Benefit From Mediation?
The process of ending a marriage is complex and difficult. There is no easy way to divorce, even if you and the other party resolve to remain amicable and cooperative. However, there are certain steps you can take that will...
Mediation Can Make The Divorce Process Less Stressful
Virtually no couple gets married with the intent of one day ending the marriage. Yet, people change as the years go by, and sometimes, divorce is the best option. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean that the soon-to-be ex-spouses must go through...
What It Takes To Make A Co-parenting Arrangement Successful
Spouses who divorce typically have a multitude of reasons for doing so. When they are also parents, one area of concern that both spouses share is the well-being of their children. Children will benefit when both parents remain involved and...
What Are Some Divorce Mediation Myths?
Are you considering divorce mediation but wonder if some of the myths you have heard about it are true? By learning more about mediation and why some myths aren’t true, you can make an informed decision about whether or not...
Considerations For Divorcing Parents Of Special Needs Children
When parents divorce, the children are affected. For some, the divorce may mean there will be less arguing in the home. For others, it may be the most emotional, saddest event in their young lives. However, an estimated 1 million...
Why Don’t More People Use Divorce Mediation?
In a lot of ways, divorce mediation can be great for the end of your relationship, helping you figure out what to do next, determine how to split up assets, decide how to take care of your children and more....
Divorce Mediation: Resolving Disputes With Open Communication
In many divorces, the feelings of anger, betrayal and/or hurt are simply too much for divorce mediation. However, some courts will order mediation in the hope that differences in areas such as child custody, child support, alimony and property division...
What Are The Considerations For Disabled Children During Divorce?
The divorce rate for parents of disabled children is higher than that of the rest of the country. Some researchers put the divorce rate of kids with autism as high as 85 percent. Most of these children have a more...
Why You Don’t Have To Fear Divorce Mediation — Iii
For the last few weeks, our blog has spent some time examining the divorce mediation process here in Florida, outlining how it works and the divorce-related issues that it can help separating couples resolve. We’ll conclude this discussion in today’s...
Why You Don’t Have To Fear Divorce Mediation — Ii
Last time, our blog started discussing how many divorcing couples may find themselves sitting not across a courtroom aisle from one another, but rather across a table from one another thanks to court-ordered mediation. To recap, divorce mediation consists of...
Why You Don’t Have To Fear Divorce Mediation
It would be something of a misstatement to say that a divorce will proceed exactly how a person envisions or that it will somehow be entirely free of surprises. Indeed, while a spouse might enter divorce proceedings expecting a lengthy...
What Does A Family Mediator Do?
Recently, a friend called from out of town and asked me about mediation. He and his wife are getting divorced, and he was having a problem negotiating with her. While they are really not that far apart in their positions,...
Will Divorce Mediation Work For Me?
As you consider the divorce process, one of the questions that you will ask is about mediation and whether it will work for you. Mediation is a lower cost alternative to divorce attorneys and litigation, or it may be a...
Are We Mediating Or Negotiating?
In order to succeed in life, we learn early on the techniques of negotiation. We start negotiating as babies, knowing that when we coo in a certain way, we get a favorable response. When we say mama or dada, our...
Do The Children Fare Better In A Litigated Divorce Or Through Mediation?
I recently had the opportunity to meet with a divorced couple and their four children. The children ranged in age from adolescence to late teens. The family unit was in turmoil secondary to the divorce and the way it was...