Family Mediation
Family Support, Separation and Divorce, Post-divorce
Family Support Mediation
Families generally handle conflict well. Sometimes issues become difficult to resolve. Mediation assists families understand, restore, and maintain positive relationships.
Mediation services can help with:
- Creating understanding
- Responding to change
- Problem-solving
- Reconciliation
- Spouse-Spouse issues
- Parent-Teenager conflict
- Parent-Child issues
- Child-Child conflict
Separation and Divorce Mediation
When spouses or partners choose to separate or seek a divorce, mediation is a effective method to help them change from sharing a life together to living apart.
Mediation is especially helpful for creating successful co-parenting arrangements for couples with children.
Mediation services can help with:
- Creating a separation agreement
- Modifying the agreement as needed
- Creating a final divorce agreement
Separation
Mediation services are provided for the initial step of separation. The separation plan allows the couple to set up a new living arrangement for the separation period which can be tested and modified as they move toward a final divorce arrangement.
Divorce
Mediation services are provided for a formal divorce. This plan can be derived from the initial separation agreement and changes made during the separation period, so that a mutually satisfactory plan is made for each member of the couple and for their children.
Post-Divorce Mediation
Once parents have divorced and are living separately, sometimes changes of circumstances regarding children require discussion and decision-making for needs or processes that can be adjusted under a divorce decree. Mediation is a helpful method for co-parents to make these adjustments in the best interest of their children.
Mediation services can help with:
- Resolving new issues that arise with children
- Responding to change in the family
- New relationships
- Modifying the divorce agreement