{"id":1971,"date":"2016-06-08T09:44:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T13:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2020-01-02T18:37:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T23:37:49","slug":"mediation-offers-solutions-stage-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/mediation-offers-solutions-stage-divorce.html","title":{"rendered":"Mediation Offers Solutions For Any Stage of a Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many couples experiencing marital difficulties and facing the end of their relationship, divorce mediation can be an appropriate alternative to litigation.  While mediation may not fit every situation, for couples who are prepared to address all of the issues related to their relationship, a mediator can often assist in achieving a resolution. In mediation there are no determinations as to who will be the \u201cwinner\u201d and who will be the \u201closer\u201d as the mediator has no interest in advocating the position of one party in favor of the other. A mediator&#8217;s role is to determine what common ground can be achieved between the parties.<\/p>\n<p>Mediation can cover all divorce issues such as custody, parental time-sharing with respect to children, the amount and type of alimony, child support obligations, the disposition of the marital home, the division of pensions and other retirement benefits and the equitable distribution of marital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Couples can avail themselves of mediation before either spouse files for divorce, while they are in the process of litigating their divorce and even after their divorce has been finalized. Some couples choose to take a step back and \u201cpause\u201d their divorce litigation and retain a mediator to assist in the process.  Increasingly I see that divorced individuals are mediating the disputes that naturally arise in the years following their divorce.  Ex-spouses will attempt to mediate such issues as responsibility for college costs for their children, the increase or decrease in alimony or child support based on a change in circumstances post-divorce, and the finalization of pension related issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/mediation-offers-solutions-stage-divorce.html\"  title=\"Continue Reading Mediation Offers Solutions For Any Stage of a Divorce\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many couples experiencing marital difficulties and facing the end of their relationship, divorce mediation can be an appropriate alternative to litigation. While mediation may not fit every situation, for couples who are prepared to address all of the issues related to their relationship, a mediator can often assist in achieving a resolution. In mediation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,65,93],"tags":[],"coauthors":[186],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce-family-law-insights","category-insights","category-mcglew"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mediation Offers Solutions For Any Stage of a Divorce &#8212; June 8, 2016 &#8212; Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook &amp; Cooper, P.C. 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