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Family Mediation
- Parenting Plans that work for you and your children
- Complete Divorce Settlements
- Parent/Teen Intervention
- Co-Parenting, Step-Parenting Issues
- Elder Care Planning
- Domestic Partnership Dissolutions
- Family Owned Business Mediation
Why try Family Mediation?
Divorce shouldn't mean a broken family. Family mediation helps to create a new structure that supports
parents and children over time.
Even when communication is very difficult and agreement seems impossible, mediation can help clients
look at new options- and happily, agreements that benefit everyone can be reached.
Beyond agreements, our mediators focus on improving communication skills so that parents can begin to
work together to parent their children.
Families in transition-
Families often experience difficulties during times of transition such as divorce, blending step families,
parenting teens, and caring for elderly parents. Our Certified Family Mediators have advanced training and
experience in helping families in crisis openly discuss problems, working towards understanding and reaching
agreements.
Situations we commonly mediate-
- Divorce Agreements & Domestic Partnership Dissolution
- Parenting Plans and Parenting Plan modifications
- Co-parenting after divorce
- Step-families
- Parents & Teens
- Elder care
- Planning for those with disabilities
- Foster placement
Divorce Settlements-
Couples who are divorcing or ending a committed relationship can work out an equitable settlement
in mediation, creating an opportunity for better cooperation in the future. Much faster and less costly
than waiting for court dates and paying attorney's fees, mediation is a very positive way of moving ahead.
Mediated Agreements are legally binding documents.
Parenting Plans- Divorce is the end of a marriage, but not the end of a family...
Divorcing parents with children are required to develop a parenting plan that becomes part of the divorce
decree. The parenting plan becomes the road-map that guides how family members interact in the future.
Family Mediation helps parents make all the important decisions about their children themselves. The plan they
develop together can give both parents the opportunity to fully engaged in their children's lives in a way that
works well for everyone.
A good parenting plan will create a structure that will support the best interests of the children and the needs
of the parents in the new family structure. Parents who mediate their parenting plans are much less likely to
return to court with problems later.
Children who's parents can co-parent effectively together according to their parenting plan adjust to the
divorce transition with far fewer problems.
Family Group Conferences- Supporting families when difficult decisions must be made...
- Elder Care Planning
- Reduce conflicts
- Develop agreements
- Restore peace to the family
- Create a safe place for everyone to be heard
Parent / Teen Meetings-
It's a challenge to balance a teen's growing need for independence with the need to
keep him or her safe. Mediation can help both teens and parents feel heard and understood.
Elder Planning-
When adult children must take care of aging parents, sharing responsibility and making decisions can very
difficult. In mediation, decision makers, including the elder when appropriate, discuss options and make decisions
together.
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Referrals
Should our services not meet
your needs, we will be happy to
refer you to other excellent
professionals in the community.
We also work closely with
mediation friendly attorneys in
our area-
View recommended resources.
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