Virtual Mediation Services Plymouth, Minnesota
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.
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As is true with many things in our life, divorce is one of those things that we simply do not know a lot about if we have never experienced it. We may think that we understand the process, from what we have heard from friends, or read online, but that is certainly not the full story. With divorce, people tend to think that a couple reaches a decision that their relationship is over, and divorce is like a scalpel that separates one spouse from the other. Divorce may be the end of your marriage, but it is also the beginning of a new phase of your relationship. For this reason (and many others), mediation is an efficient and effective resource to help you resolve the terms of your divorce. Mediation lays a strong foundation for the relationship you will need to develop after your divorce is final
One of the biggest challenges in the divorce process is deciding how to divide joint property. No matter whether you have been married for 1 year or for 25 years, you accumulate many things during your marriage that are difficult to part with. But the fact is that agreeing on how to equitably divide all of the things that you own together is difficult. Mediation can be an effective tool for managing this process. Rather than leaving these decisions in the hands of a judge
The term ‘mediation’ comes from the Latin root word ‘Medicare,’ which means ‘interposed’ or ‘placed in the middle.’ In our more modern world, the root meaning remains very relevant to the current meaning. The term mediation reflects the professional mediator’s commitment to situate themselves in the middle of the issues that led the divorcing couple to their decision to end their marriage and help them reach a settlement
As we make our way out of the global pandemic, all of our lives are undoubtedly changed in some way. COVID has impacted our financial security, our jobs, our children’s education, our shopping habits, and the amount of time spent at home. So, it makes sense that the pandemic has also had an impact on how we navigate divorce. Here are some interesting divorce trends we are noticing in 2022
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is to be flexible. We have all had to be flexible in our jobs, our parenting, changing our daily routines and adjusting to major changes to our social lives. Businesses have been forced to adjust as well and find new ways to reach clients. One thing that our team has done to respond to the new world we are in is to offer virtual mediation services to our clients. As the court system struggles
