How do you feel about the prospective mediator? Trustworthiness is demonstrated by a person’s actions, words, demeanor, and dress. First impressions are crucial. Mannerisms, vocal tone, as well as facial expression and general behavior often help determine whether or not a person is trustworthy. Focusing “If you don’t know where you are going, you…
Divorce Mediation is a peaceful alternative to the usually contentious litigation, but that doesn’t make it easier to decide how to split time with your kids. When deciding how to split time for your co-parenting arrangement, it can be difficult to know where to start. It’s important to find a schedule that works for both…
How do you feel about the prospective mediator? Trustworthiness is demonstrated by a person’s actions, words, demeanor, and dress. First impressions are crucial. Mannerisms, vocal tone, as well as facial expression and general behavior often help determine whether or not a person is trustworthy. Impartiality & Neutrality It is imperative from the beginning, that…
Divorce Mediation is a peaceful alternative to the usually contentious litigation, but that doesn’t make it easier to decide how to split time with your kids. When deciding how to split time for your co-parenting arrangement, it can be difficult to know where to start. It’s important to find a schedule that works for both…
How do you feel about the prospective mediator? Trustworthiness is demonstrated by a person’s actions, words, demeanor, and dress. First impressions are crucial. Mannerisms, vocal tone, as well as facial expression and general behavior often help determine whether or not a person is trustworthy. Sincerity “Sincerity is the way of heaven.” -Mencius When people…
Divorce Mediation is a peaceful alternative to the usually contentious litigation, but that doesn’t make it easier to decide how to split time with your kids. When deciding how to split time for your co-parenting arrangement, it can be difficult to know where to start. It’s important to find a schedule that works for both…
The Wheels Come Off When You Let the Emotional Divorce Drive the Legal Divorce THE EMOTIONAL DIVORCE vs. THE LEGAL DIVORCE People generally do not enter into marriage as a business partnership, yet at the time of a divorce, California divorce laws treat the marriage dissolution as a business transaction. We got into the…
A divorce is often one of the most stressful events in a person’s life. You can lessen the stress of the divorce by using mediation as an alternative to the traditional contested divorce: To reach a mutually acceptable agreement. To be part of forming your own agreement so that your concerns are addressed. To help…
Mediation is the process in which a neutral person facilitates discussions between two opposing parties regarding issues that exist between them, with the expectation of helping the individuals reach an agreement. The mediator should also inform the participants that: Mediation is a consensual process; The mediator is an impartial facilitator without authority to impose a…
An Open Letter to Professionals Regarding Mediation Being a Matter of Timing MEDIATION IS A MATTER OF TIMING. DEATH, DIVORCE AND MEDIATION: Why Some Couples Choose Mediation While Others Do Not. Choosing to mediate a divorce case is seemingly a no brainer. Why? Well, if you can keep from spending years in a public…
Divorce Mediation is a peaceful alternative to the usually contentious litigation, but that doesn’t make it easier to decide how to split time with your kids. When deciding how to split time for your co-parenting arrangement, it can be difficult to know where to start. It’s important to find a schedule that works for both…
50/50 Co-Parenting Schedules Every Other Week Modified Every Other Week 2-2-3 2-2-5-5 2 Weeks On, 2 Weeks Off 3-4-4-3 Every Other Day Modified Every Other Day Every Two Days 60/40 Co-Parenting Schedules Extended Weekend 4-3 70/30 Co-Parenting Schedules Every Weekend 5-2 Every Third Week Every Third Day 80/20 Co-Parenting Schedules Alternating Weekends…
In mediation, when both parties agree to be courteous, respectful and honest: You both save time; The process does not further destroy your relationship with one another, your children, your family members and/or your friends; The cost is much less than a contested divorce; No one goes to court; The mediation meetings are private and…
If mediation is less expensive, less adversarial and faster, why doesn’t everyone choose mediation over the usual contested divorce? That is a fantastic question! Some of the reasons cases can’t be mediated: There is a severe imbalance of power between the spouses; There has been a history of domestic violence; One spouse does not…
DIVORCE: IT’S NOT EASY, NO MATTER HOW IT GETS DONE! A divorce is often one of the most stressful events in a person’s life, the other two most commonly being the death of a loved one and a residential move. There are three layers to a divorce: The Emotional Divorce, The Social Divorce, and The…
If you are reading this, you or someone you know is currently contemplating a divorce, and you would like to find a way to make the process easier. Well, you’ve come to the right place! Divorce mediation offers a friendly, non-adversarial alternative to traditional court proceedings. Successful mediation allows two separating or divorcing spouses to reach…
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Hello Everyone, I hope you all are well. We are still operating via Zoom for mediations. The Court is allowing e-filing of new divorce Petitions. Last month we submitted three new Petition’s for Dissolution which were all e-filed and returned to us so we could get those cases started. Through Zoom mediations, agreements…
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