Generally, mediation works better when the divorce background involves:

• Parties who realize they have to part ways and recognize that a neutral third party would help them control the divorce process and keep costs down.
• Situations where there is room for compromise on the basic issues: child custody, child support and alimony --- a good chance to resolve issues of home, pension, children’s educations and division of assets.
• Instances where both parties are doing what’s in the best interests of their children.

Divorce mediation offers creative solutions that benefit both parties. It involves confidential settlement discussions by parties in front of an impartial professional that allow divorcing spouses to resolve their differences with far less acrimony and expense. It provides the opportunity to maintain a working relationship between spouses that might otherwise be destroyed by contentious litigation.  Post-divorce mediation provides an economical, confidential and fast resolution of a divorce that might otherwise be mired in the court system for years.

Successful divorce mediation requires a mediator who is able to keep communication between the parties open and candid.  Attorney Harry Gill has successfully mediated scores of divorce cases and knows how to effectively move the process along from start to finish for the benefit of both parties and their family --- Divorce Mediation article.  Gill is a graduate of the Coast to Coast Mediation Center, has served as a court-appointed Special Master to resolve divorce cases and has been a successful mediator since 1995.

The Process:

Once both sides have agreed to use mediation as an alternative to going to court, an initial session is scheduled during which both sides receive an orientation on the mediation process.  The number of sessions needed to reach an agreement depends on the complexity of the issues, the ability of the parties to work cooperatively and the skills of the mediator.  Most divorce mediations take less than ten hours. --- Divorce Mediation article.  When a settlement is reached, it is drafted at out firm into a legally binding contract that becomes part of the court order divorcing the parties.  Unlike some mediation firms, GILL Law Practice is able to prepare all of the necessary court documents.

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