Divorce Mediation

If you are splitting with your spouse but don't want to go through the drama of a divorce, you should understand that there are other options out there that are available to you. Mediation is one of them. Below are some reasons to give mediation a try. It's cheaper....

Getting divorced is never easy, even if you knew all along that it was inevitable. The end of a marriage is the end of an era in your life. Coming to terms with the divorce can be difficult. The days and months after a divorce is final can be even more overwhelming...

Your life will ultimately change forever when you decide that it's time to end your marriage. It doesn't matter if you've been together for one year, five years or 50 years, the end of a marriage is a big change in the lives of both parties. Here are some important...

If you want to save money on your divorce, the first thing you need to do is try to educate yourself about the process and learn about your options. Somewhat like weddings, there are divorces than can be handled for only a little more than the filing costs -- and...

The No. 1 rule of any divorce ought to be "Don't trust advice from anyone except your attorney." In particular, certain pieces of advice can actually end up hurting you if you fall into the trap of believing they're true: 1. You can figure out how much child support...

If you're filing for divorce there's probably a huge list of things on your mind that you know you need to handle. Put protecting your electronic assets and digital data at the top of that list -- because a lot of damage can be done with just the click of a few...

If you and your spouse have decided to part ways, you may have already found out that many experts are recommending mediation before litigation. While mediation isn't exactly new, it's definitely less well-known than the traditional method of divorce, where opposing...

Divorce is hard, no matter what way you go about it. Mediation attempts to mitigate some of the difficulty by bringing together two basically reasonable adults and helping them work through their differences. It only works, however, if everyone is willing to negotiate...

Divorce is an adversarial process, and it isn't uncommon for people to feel especially distrustful of everything that happens. That can make it hard to consider mediation as an alternative, since mediation requires a certain amount of openness and trust to work. If...

Divorce litigation is an unhappy, unforgiving process that's automatically adversarial in nature. It's all about winning and losing. Divorce mediation, by contrast, is all about compromise. It's about 3-4 times less expensive than litigation, and it allows you to end...