Family Disputes – Mediation
Family Disputes - Mediation, Blog
Divorce doesn’t always have to be contentious, and it certainly doesn’t have to end up in a court battle. Granted, it can be hard to be civil in certain scenarios and even more difficult to put emotions aside and come to a resolution.
You don’t have to do it alone, though. Divorce mediation, with the help of a professional and experienced mediator, can be a great way to settle your divorce without it turning into a large battle. Before you begin
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Family Disputes - Mediation
MEDIATION WORKS FOR SEPARATING COUPLES OR FAMILIES
Separation is sometimes used to give couples a chance to get a better perspective on their relationship. Although seen by some as a first step towards divorce, in reality the distance provided by separation can allow for couples to take a meaningful look at their relationship. In many cases, having an impartial mediator can help couples open a dialogue about the problems they face. The mediator facilitates meaningful dialogue and informed decision-making about difficult
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MEDIATION WORKS FOR DIVORCING COUPLES OR FAMILIES
People facing the difficult decision to divorce, or the painful experience of having the other spouse choose an unwanted divorce, can realize important benefits from mediation. The mediator facilitates meaningful dialogue and informed decision making about difficult and often complex issues surrounding a decision to divorce. In divorce mediation, couples may address their overall goals and what they believe is appropriate and responsive to their situation, and may then deal with conflicts as well as difficult but necessary decision making involving custody of children, parenting arrangements, child support of both minor and adult children, spousal support, real and personal property distribution, other financial asset division, debt allocation and responsibility, retirement plans, insurance plans and taxes.
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MEDIATION WORKS FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES WANTING TO PRESERVE THEIR MARRIAGE BUT FACED WITH CONFLICT, DIFFICULT OR COMPLEX CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE
When couples or families desire to stay together, but are faced with difficult or complex circumstances challenging their relationship, or creating stress points or fractures on the quality of their interaction, mediation can provide a breath of fresh air for the situation.
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MEDIATION WORKS FOR DIVORCED PARENTS FACING CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES
When post-divorce changes in parenting arrangements or child or spousal support are desired by one or both parties due to significant changes in circumstances such as relocations, new living or work situations, or changes in the lives of the children, parents welcome having a safe, impartial environment to discuss these types of issues.
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MEDIATION WORKS FOR PARENTS AND TEENS NEEDING TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND CREATE NEW WAYS OF COMMUNICATION AND RELATING
It is often difficult for all parties during the teenage years to maintain the relationship they desire with each other while also balancing responsibility, independence, and newly discovered boundaries. When families, parents, and teenagers find that their relationship has changed and has become stressful or a battleground, mediation is an ideal forum for communication and goal clarification.
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MEDIATION WORKS FOR PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION
Mediation is an ideal forum, as well as an alternative forum, for addressing the needs of unmarried couples, as well as, gay and lesbian couples, who are working through a separation of their relationship and acquired property. Mediation can help resolve issues for those who have lived together or bought property together, parented a child together, and/or formed a business together while being involved in an emotional and personal relationship with one another.
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MEDIATION WORKS FOR FAMILIES AND SIBLINGS IN DISPUTE OVER INHERITED PROPERTY INCLUDING SUMMER HOMES AND CHERISHED PERSONAL PROPERTY
When parents pass away, it is not only often a painful experience emotionally, but it also often brings about changed situations financially. It can even be a situation of relief mixed with grief and guilt, when the parent died after great suffering, or died when family conflicts were unresolved. Property is often left to children in the form of real estate or stocks.
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MEDIATION WORKS FOR FAMILIES FACING CHANGED LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH ELDERLY PARENTS
When one elderly parent either passes away leaving the other elderly parent living alone, or when one or both parents are growing older and in need of greater attention or care, grown children often struggle out of concern and love for the best course of action.
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FACILITATED FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANNING MEETINGS WORK FOR FAMILIES WHO WANT TO PRESERVE IMPORTANT FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND MAKE SMART BUSINESS DECISIONS AS WELL
Most families who own a their own business face numerous conflicts, whether relating to employees, finances, financial reverses, strategic planning, resource use, leveraging, product changes, market changes, serious illness, divorce, remarriage, and death. One of the most under-addressed yet serious needs for family owned businesses is the discussion of a succession plan.
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MEDIATION WORKS FOR PRE-MARRIAGE DIALOGUE, DISCERNMENT AND DECISION-MAKING
Mediation promotes an atmosphere of mutual trust that fosters the ability to communicate concerns about the future, and to have a meaningful dialogue about such concerns. With the help of a third party neutral mediator, couples already engaged or considering a life time commitment to each other are able to discuss and consider the other’s perspectives on various topics including to marry or not marry, in-law relationships, sibling relationships, finances, lifestyle choices, previous
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