Divorce is a complicated time for everyone involved and is often emotionally and mentally draining. The legal process of divorce can add stress to an already tricky situation, especially in a contentious divorce. Choosing mediation for your divorce is an alternative...
Divorce Mediation
Making a success of divorce mediation
Traditionally, divorce has always been viewed as an adversarial process. There was a time when couples would battle it out in court and attempt to walk away as the winner. In reality, there are no winners in a divorce that is full of conflict, particularly if children...
Key issues mediation can help resolve in your divorce
Most divorcing couples often find it difficult to resolve their differences without some form of intervention. This often happens when each spouse has strong preferences on various issues incompatible with the other spouse’s preferences. While some couples head to...
2 signs you may be a good fit for divorce mediation
The decision to end a marriage can be a difficult and stressful one for everyone involved. If you have made up your mind to go your separate ways, one of the major causes of anxiety may be that you are signing up for a long, expensive and protracted legal battle....
As parents, it’s the manner of your divorce that matters
Many couples hold off from divorcing because they believe it will harm their children. Yet if divorce reduces the instances in which your kids have to see you arguing or fighting, then not divorcing will likely harm them more. Living with parental conflict can be...
Collaborating can help you end your divorce sooner
Collaborating with your spouse is a good way to end your marriage more positively and sooner than if you both could not get along. Collaboration is an amazing thing, because it allows you and your spouse to come to agreements about how you divide your assets, the kind...
The simplest way to protect your privacy in a Connecticut divorce
There are many personal reasons why people delay filing for divorce. They may worry about talking to their family or affecting their child's academic performance. They may hope to eventually resolve the issues currently affecting their marriage. There are also privacy...
Mediation: Taking conflict out of divorce
Many divorces involve an element of conflict between the splitting couple. However, a contested divorce is not always the way to go. If you and your spouse agree on how to handle some of the critical issues surrounding the divorce, like child custody or property...
Why mediate your divorce?
There is more than one way to resolve your divorce. While litigation was once the standard route, many couples now realize that there are easier ways. Mediation is nothing new. People have used it for years to settle disputes between individuals, companies or even...
3 benefits of mediating a divorce instead of litigating it
To many people, the word divorce immediately conjures litigation. They think of spouses arguing in court and waiting for a judge to decide how to split their property and time with their children. While litigated divorce is an option for those ending their marriage,...