Divorce mediation is the process through which two parties meet with a trained neutral professional, either an attorney or mental health professional, who facilitates settlement of issues between them in their divorce. In the mediation process, both parties utilize the services of one attorney who acts neutrally to assist them in addressing the issues between them. The process is ideally less adversarial and less costly than litigation and aims to reduce the issues between the parties into a memorandum of understanding which can ultimately be the terms of a global divorce Property Settlement Agreement.
A trained divorce mediator will explain the mediation process to the parties at the outset and then facilitate the process of negotiation between the parties. He or she will provide a safe, supportive and non-adversarial setting in which negotiations can take place. The parties will be assisted in determining what facts and issues are relevant to their divorce and will also be assisted in remaining focused on resolution of those issues. The control of a divorce when mediation is utilized, is put back in the hands of the parties and out of the hands of the judge. The process is much quicker and usually much less expensive than divorce litigation which can take years to resolve and thousands upon thousands of dollars lost by both parties to separate attorneys. The mediation process can result in creative solutions to the issues involved in your divorce that are in everyone's best interests.
