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The very Idea of “Lawyer Assisted Negotiation” is a Misnomer
Lawyer assisted negotiation is not described in any negotiation handbooks. I’m not surprised …
The state has got to stop subsidising family court disputes
The state is directly contributing to adversarial family dispute resolution and to the psychosomatic problems of children when their parents separate.
What Children Can Teach Us About Resolving Disputes
When children fall out they ask a parent to sort things out. Fast forward to when they are adults ….
How to Anticipate and Overcome the Difficulties of Co-parenting
For millions of years, most parents have learned together how to parent their children. It’s perfectly natural. They recall their own childhoods, watch, listen to and learn from others and each other. They accommodate any differences. And for much of the time, they will do a good job of it. But when they separate, parenting becomes a cause for arguments. Suddenly, parents behave in a way that they wouldn’t have done had they not separated. Courts cannot resolve these problems but a parenting plan can.
What Children Need When Their Parents Divorce
There is no getting away from it, divorce is a sad and difficult time for children. Even after the paperwork is done and dusted, the process of divorce carries on affecting children, often into adulthood. The silver lining is that parents can help them cope and adjust better to divorce. Some of the things I’m going to suggest won’t be easy. If it’s hard, keep thinking “I’m doing this for the children because I love them and it’s what they need.”
Parenting problems are not usually legal disputes, so why do so many parents go to court?
Imagine a world where parents who happily lived together sent each other letters through solicitors in an attempt to decide who should take time off work if the children are ill and unable to go to school. Imagine if the same parents instructed lawyers to send letters to each other to sort out how much time their children should spend with each of them during the school holidays. Now imagine the same parents asking a judge to decide which school their children should go to? It would be crazy wouldn’t it?
Planning For Your Children’s Long Summer Holiday
It will soon be the end of the school year. With most schools closing for at least six weeks, many children with separated parents are looking forward to spending lots of time with one or both of them during the long summer break.
If you met online, and want to divorce online, why not mediate online?
If you met online, and are divorcing online, why not mediate online? It makes more sense than trying to sort things out through correspondence.
Online Family Mediation – Who is it for?
Online family mediation. Who is it for? Well, maybe you. You and your husband have been separated for 8 months....
Online Family Mediation – How it Works
Have you ever wondered how online family mediation works? What do you need to be able to work with a mediator online? Find out from Anderson Mediation.
Pensions in Divorce Mediation
More people going through separation or divorce are sorting out their finances through mediation. Find out more about pensions in mediation mediation.
“Lawyer Assisted Negotiation” – A Misnomer
Solicitors practising private family law can often be heard to say that 90% of their cases settle using "lawyer...
Reaching an Agreement on Financial Matters with Divorce Mediation
How does divorce mediation offer a supportive, easy to follow and flexible approach to reaching agreement?
Financial Settlements in Divorce – Mistakes to Avoid and Steps to Follow
Financial settlements in divorce are too often plagued by two easily avoidable mistakes. One is making a financial settlement proposal before there has been full disclosure of assets, debts, income and expenses. The other is focussing on the mistaken belief that someone who does not accept a settlement proposal is somehow unreasonable.
Mum’s House, Dad’s House or Both?
The priority for most is to do what’s in the best interests of their children. Find out more about the effects on children of living in two parental homes.
The Many Benefits Of Using Family Mediation
Mediation is quicker than any legal route. Government figures show that mediation outcomes take an average of 110...
What is mediation?
Mediation is a way of helping people to solve problems when they can’t, for whatever reason, work things out between...
Is family mediation compulsory?
No. Family mediation is not compulsory. What is compulsory is to have a meeting, before going to court, to decide...
Is mediation legally binding?
The short answer is that agreements reached in mediation are not legally binding. Mediation offers the perfect setting...