Law & Mediation, PLLC

What Are The Benefits of Divorce Mediation?

Mediation helps preserve a good relationship with your spouse and reducing the tension for the sake of the children.
Spouses who mediate their divorce typically are better able to communicate and cooperate and to keep tensions down for the sake of the children.
The mediation experience builds a base for future cooperation between the parties and teaches you how to resolve issues in a cooperative manner.
Typically the parties are more satisfied by having arrived at their own "solutions" to the problems as opposed to having a judge make the decisions.
The parties' children typically benefit from such a collaborative approach.

Typically mediation is significantly less expensive than a litigated divorce. A typical mediated divorce costs about $5,000.
If the case goes to court, the cost may be three times as high -- or more.
Mediation is less expensive than paying two lawyers to fight for each spouse.

Mediated divorce cases typically take considerably less time than a litigated divorce.

In Mediation the parties are assisted by a mediator to reach an agreement developed by the spouses themselves, not one imposed by a judge or the court system.
Typically those spouses who mediate their own settlement are much more satisfied with their divorce.
In addition, children of mediated divorces may adjust better to the divorce of their parents than children of litigated divorces.