Gary Stern Law

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Divorce Mediation

Areas Of Practice

Marriage & Cohabitation

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Dealing With Divorce

Divorce Mediation

Collaborative Law

Mediation… Hands on Approach Gary A. Stern Mediates

Modern day life is filled with stress, emotions and a heavy workload, add going through a divorce and you may feel you need a psychiatrist rather than a divorce lawyer. Considering mediation as a great alternative to traditional lawyers and court procedure. Mediation is where either the parties themselves or with their lawyers consider hiring a third party professional lawyer/mediator to meet with the parties to try to resolve matters amicably. In some cases clients retain mediators who are lawyers or retain mediators who are parenting professionals. You can have the assistance of both a mediator who is a lawyer along with a social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist to deal with the issues. A mediator can help both parties discuss legal issues like custody, access, spousal and child support, property and can come up with solutions both parties are agreeable to. In essence their own deal.

Regardless of the issues in a divorce, mediation can offer an alternative to the parties that court cannot. Even if you do not settle all matters through mediation, you may settle some issues which will make matters easier moving forward. Mediation can provide a transparency that can be invaluable to both parties during their divorce but also how their future will be. The benefits of mediation rather than court in most cases far outweigh the traditional court process. Mediation can take place at the outset of a separation during the divorce process and in most cases the mediation process would be less stressful and emotional to the parties rather than the court process.

There are many benefits to mediation for example, its generally a faster resolution process, less stressful, less costly, allows you to control the process to some extent and prevents a third party Judge from deciding your fate given that the Judge follows strict rules and guidelines. With mediation, unlike with court, you can choose your mediator to assist you and your partner in coming to an amicable resolution rather than in the traditional court process where there is no choice.

Mediation is a great alternative to chose and people should be open to exploring it.

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