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DIVORCE MEDIATION WORKS FOR DIVORCING
COUPLES OR FAMILIES
People facing the difficult decision to divorce, or the painful experience
of having the other spouse choose an unwanted divorce, can realize important
benefits from mediation. The mediator facilitates meaningful dialogue
and informed decision making about difficult and often complex issues
surrounding a decision to divorce. In divorce mediation, couples may address
their overall goals and what they believe is appropriate and responsive
to their situation, and may then deal with conflicts as well as difficult
but necessary decision making involving custody of children, parenting
arrangements, child support of both minor and adult children, spousal
support, real and personal property distribution, other financial asset
division, debt allocation and responsibility, retirement plans, insurance
plans and taxes.
Clients also have the opportunity to evaluate their current financial
situation and to plan for their future financial needs while creating
fair terms of agreement, as defined by the couple responsive to their
particular situation. If divorce is chosen, mediators of Louise Phipps
Senft & Associates/Baltimore Mediation help couples with children
end their relationship as husband and wife while continuing their relationship
and roles as parents, collaboratively or with boundaries. Some clients
may choose not to dissolve their marriage but to be legally separated.
With the mediator’s help, temporary interim agreements can be reached
to handle immediate concerns. Couples may then discuss, decide or negotiate
a complete divorce agreement that can be reviewed by attorneys, if so
desired but is not mandatory, and filed with the court. Research shows
that post-divorce compliance with mediated agreements is higher than with
imposed court judgments. The result is also less post-divorce conflict
and litigation. Additional research on transformative mediation specifically
shows parties’ satisfaction rates in the 90th percentile, regardless
of how a party thought or was told he or she would do in court.
Mediators of Louise Phipps Senft & Associates/Baltimore Mediation
believe in Better Process…Better Outcome.
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