Can you mediate a case where there are major power imbalances between the couple or where there’s been domestic violence during the marriage?
Divorce Mediation
What are the advantages to using collaborative law versus litigation or mediation?
In collaborative law, it’s working with the parties – almost like mediation with lawyers except that you’re putting everything on the table the same way. In court, you have to go through a lot more different steps – you have to do discovery, you have to do all the paperwork, and reviewing all the paperwork […]
How Your Lawyer Can Help You Prepare for Divorce Mediation
Here are some basics that everyone should know before going into a divorce mediation – including what a good lawyer can do to prepare his/her clients for the process.
Are there any advantages of using mediation rather than litigation for high-asset cases?
High-asset couples typically use mediation almost more than anyone else. They really want to have private solutions to their divorces. They typically have very complicated assets, which they understand, perhaps, much more than your typical family law judge. A family law judge is going to have mostly low-income people coming through the courthouse and may […]
What is mediation? How does it work?
Mediation is an alternate dispute resolution process in which two parties to a dispute meet on a voluntary basis with a neutral, trained professional who can help them identify issues, negotiate those issues, and reach a mutually acceptable agreement. Mediation is a confidential process in which parties are encouraged to openly discuss ideas and potential […]
Do both parties need to be in the same room during a mediation session?
Mediation is always better in person, and in fact, we’re starting to have a big movement about international mediators and having places where people can meet internationally when a party lives in a different country. But it’s totally possible with technology to not do it in person. I’ve had successful mediations that way. This is […]
Will both spouses need to hire their own lawyers in addition to their mediator?
That’s something that is a good idea, but it’s not necessary. Sometimes, we’re able to resolve everything and neither party will hire an attorney of their own; they’ll just trust the process that we went through together and feel like they have all the information that they need. They know that I’m an attorney as […]
Do you find that successful mediation is generally cheaper than litigation?
Mediation is always cheaper. It’s not cheap though. It does cost money because it takes some time and it needs to be thorough and complete. It needs to be done very carefully. When I talked about the all-day marathon that’s an all-day thing, that costs money. But when you’re talking about preparing for a trial, […]
What can a divorcing couple do to prepare for their first mediation session?
They should try to identify the major issues in dispute. Sometimes when couples come to me, they’ve already agreed on several things, but they know the things that they don’t agree on. I can also help them, in the first mediation session, identify major issues that maybe they overlooked or didn’t even think about. The […]
WATCH: How do I keep my divorce private?
Read the transcript of this video below. Keeping divorce private can be summed up in one word: Mediation. In divorce mediation, there are: 1. No public court hearings; 2. No depositions; 3. No submissions of evidence; 4. No courtroom testimony; 5. No discovery; With mediation, we can file your divorce documents in a foreign […]
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