Family Mediation has the benefit of:
- Being less expensive than the alternatives, particularly going to Court.
- Being less stressful than going to Court.
- Being quicker than going to Court.
- Giving you control over the decisions you make. You are the experts about your own family.
- Helping you as parents focus together on the needs of your children.
- Helping you work out together how practical your proposals are.
We can help you and your ex to work out an agreement on issues such as:
- where children are going to live, and who with
- what arrangements should be made for children to spend time with a parent they aren’t living with
- communications between parents
- handovers and managing things like phone calls, Face Time, texts
- schooling
- holidays and special days (e.g. birthdays)
- parenting plans
- maintenance: who should pay for what, how much and for how long
- extended families
- step-family issues
And on the property and finance side of things:
- what should happen to the family home, including the mortgage or rental agreement, and what should happen to the contents
- what should happen to any cars you own
- what should happen to bank accounts, building society accounts or savings
- what should happen to pensions
Family mediation can help you stay in control. No-one will make you do anything against your wishes. We will help you find a solution which is best for your children and works for you both.
Family mediation is an increasingly popular alternative to asking the Court to make decisions about your family and it can help everyone in the family establish new working relationships.
Some people think family mediation is about getting back together. It isn’t. Family mediation gives you the opportunity to talk directly to each other with the help and guidance of a trained professional, to work out the issues that matter most to you both arising from your separation.
