A Beginners Guide to Divorce Mediation
One thing most of us have in common when we go through a divorce is that we are beginners. You have experience with a divorce because you have not been through it before. However, this can create some additional stress about the process. Divorce mediation has become a highly effective and popular mechanism for settling the terms of a divorce, with many people choosing it over litigation. If you are beginning the divorce process for the first time, here are some basic principles that will help you navigate it successfully:
● Divorce mediation is less expensive and less time consuming than litigation.
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If you have decided to divorce using an alternative dispute resolution process like divorce mediation, you may have questions about the process, and specifically, the role of the mediator in the process. The most important thing to understand about the role of a mediator is that he/she will not make the decisions about your divorce settlement. Unlike a judge, a mediator guides you through
It is a common experience when you are an adult to hear from someone you trust that, in the long run, going through something truly difficult now will likely prove to be a good thing. Having a very bad boss and an unhealthy work situation, for example, could result in the immediate stress of leaving the job for an uncertain future. However, when you get a new and better job, hindsight allows you to understand that the new and better job would not have been possible without the initial, very undesirable job forcing a decision. There are many parallels between the employment stress described above and the realities of going through a divorce
AMS Mediation has been providing effective, affordable, respectful and efficient mediation services for those in Minnesota for many years. We offer divorce mediation services, family mediation, divorce and parenting coaching services, parenting time expeditor and parenting consulting services as well as custody and early neutral evaluations. In 2020, with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we shifted our services to all virtual to be able to continue to serve our clients.
It is not uncommon in the United States for couples who know their marriage is failing to decide that it is better to stay together because they have children. In many ways, the drive to stay together in a marriage that is not working is admirable. It is an indication of commitment to the little people who have added purpose and meaning to their parents’ lives. But, for the vast majority of those couples, staying together in a marriage that is a marriage in name only is untenable and can sometimes be unhealthy. AMS Mediation can help couples in such situations by building on the love they have for the children and easing them into the next chapter of their lives.