The Family Center Mediation provides the highest quality in family and divorce mediation. Mediation is a comprehensive and affordable alternative to traditional divorce litigation. The Family Center Mediation specializes in assisting couples, even couples who no longer seem able to communicate in basic ways, to calmly negotiate their own terms of separation or divorce. Mediation is a peaceful and facilitated negotiation process.

 

Mediation is generally much less expensive than traditional divorce litigation. Rather than each person being required to hire his or her own attorney, as is the case in traditional divorce litigation, a couple needs only one mediator. Further,the process of mediation is typically much quicker than the process of divorcelitigation.

 

Divorce presents some the most difficult decisions an individual will ever have to make. Mediation empowers couples to retain and exercise their own decision-making abilities. Solutions available through divorce mediation extendfar beyond those typically available through traditional divorce litigation. The result is generally a fair, impartial, and long-lasting settlement.

 

Through mediation, parties meet confidentially with a neutral third party mediator. Divorce mediation is a process of systematically sorting through conflicts, including any child support, spousal support, custody and visitation, and division of property issues. Aided by the mediator, parties formulatemutually satisfying resolutions. If it is the parties' intent, mediation can result in a full divorce settlement. 

 

The Family Center's approach to mediation is unique. Our mediators, with backgrounds in both family law and business law, are highly skilled at mediating complicated financial issues of separation. We are adept and recognizing when it is important (or essential) that participants consult with additional professionals, such as an attorney, wealth advisor, or tax specialist. Referrals are available. Most importantly, The Family Center Mediation is child-focused. We are unique in that our excellent team of clinical psychologists, child development experts, parent educators, and parenting coordinators are readily accessible (upon request) to help support parties through mediation, through their long-term transition. This approach has proved to be a highly successful means toeffectively and efficiently develop fair and secure plans, to the satisfaction of the participants, and in the best interests of their children.