Custody MediationElicitingMediator Strategiesand ReflectingThis study uses behavioral observation and pre‐and post‐mediation questionnaires to measure the impact of mediator behaviors on participant attitudes and case outcomes in 130 court‐connected custody mediations involving 270 participants and 30 ...
The Premise and Process of NVC Mediation The basic premise is that in a conflict there are at least two perspectives, or two conflicting points of view; the mediation process reconciles those points of view. This happens by uncovering the needs that those points of view represent. The way ...
FAMILIES AND MEDIATION: THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS MEDIATION STYLES IN CHILD CUSTODY CASES The child custody disputes may have different backgrounds, such as: divorce, guardianship, adoption, child abuse and neglect, etc. Quite often, however, parents' separation and divorce raise the issue of child cu...
How Are Parenting Plans and Custody Decided? A parenting plan is a child custody arrangement that parents create through negotiation. If the parents cannot agree, a judge can create one during the divorce process. Parents may want to consider living arrangements, vacations, health care, extracurricu...
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Collaborative law is similar to mediation and is used in family disputes like divorce and child custody. This process attempts to bring the parties to an agreement without litigation, and it has real consequences for the attorneys involved. If the attorneys for the parties fail to come to a ...
Typically, how it works in mediation is that each party will have their own attorney with them during the session, says Capistrant. “We’ve definitely seen a pendulum swing in Minnesota, for example. When I first started practicing exclusively family law roughly thirty years ago, it was pr...
Dissipation refers to the misuse or waste of marital assets for purposes unrelated to the marriage during an irretrievable breakdown. However, not every use of marital funds qualifies as dissipation. Actions that are generally not considered dissipation include: ...
That's the easy part, and it happens to be one of the last steps. What no one prepares you for is the emotional whirlwindthat occurs long before you sign anything, as you sort through the details, allocate assets, and negotiate agreements... ...
On the other hand, couples who went through mediation felt satisfied with the agreements they had reached and both walked away feeling that they had gotten what they had wanted. Who would you rather have decide what happens with your children and assets after a divorce, you during mediation ...