Divorce Ritual
Divorce is major life transition though, as yet, one without a ritual to mark and support the passage and to orient the community to the family’s transition.
What to Expect
When I tell my clients about divorce mediation, I feel like that nurse-midwife trying to preview a process that you can really only fully appreciate through experience.
Managing Conflict
As a mediator and private judge, I find it very important to lay the groundwork for the case early on and to set reasonable expectations for the parties in terms of the conflict they will experience in the process.
Settlement
Family lawyers, mediators and judges generally recognize that resolution of a family law case by settlement will better serve the clients’ interests, economically and emotionally, than a trial.