Divorce Mediators in MN Are Not Created Equal
Divorce is never easy, but when it involves making important decisions about your future—such as child custody, division of assets, and financial support—having the right mediator can make all the difference. Imagine this: You’ve come to a difficult crossroads in your marriage and made the decision to separate. The emotional weight is heavy, and the thought of navigating through complex legal processes is daunting. But what if there was a way to handle the divorce in a more peaceful, fair, and efficient manner? That’s where a skilled divorce mediator comes in.
In Minnesota, divorce mediation offers couples an opportunity to reach agreements outside the courtroom
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Families come in all shapes and sizes. Some couples choose to marry and have children, other couples decide never to tie the knot. The team at AMS Mediation respects and supports all families, whether there is a marriage license or not. We offer custody mediation to non-married parents who have decided to separate and are trying to navigate the challenging issue of how to share custody of your kids. The pandemic we are going through is not helping with the exception of using Zoom
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:
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