Divorce Mediation

In divorce mediation, you and your spouse hire a neutral third party, called a Mediator, to meet with you in an effort to discuss and resolve the issues in your divorce. The Mediator is a facilitator to help you and your spouse arrive at a resolution based on your own ideas of what is fair in your situation, rather than having a solution imposed upon you based on rigid and impersonal legal principles as well as an impersonal, slow-moving and costly court system.  The Mediator helps you to develop a full and final agreement with respect to matters such as:

• Division of marital assets

  
  

• Division of marital debt

  
  

• Retirement accounts and Qualified Domestic Relations Orders

  
  

• Custody

  
  

• Alimony

  
  

• Child support

  
  

• Other issues specific to your case

  
  

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Why Try to Resolve a Divorce Through Mediation?

• Avoid excessive legal fees. Mediation is far less expensive than a series of court conferences and court hearings 

  
  

• Mediation controls the outcome of the divorce process

  
  

• Mediation ends in a settlement of ALL issues in your divorce

  
  

• Mediation provides a settlement as to your divorce in a matter of weeks versus months or even years

  
  

• Mediation avoids court appearances

  
  

• Mediation takes a far lesser emotional and financial toll on you and your spouse

  
  

• Mediation maintains civility for the sake of your children

  
  

Goals of Divorce Mediation

• Create an equitable, legally sound and mutually acceptable divorce agreement

  
  

• Avoid the heavy expense and trauma that often accompanies divorce litigation

  
  

• Minimize hostility and post-divorce controversy​

  
  

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Who is the Mediator?

In many instances, a Mediator is not an attorney and not all attorneys are Mediators.  Here at divorcemediationpa.com your Mediator is an experienced, licensed attorney.  There is considerable advantage for a couple if the Mediator is an attorney because as an attorney, your Mediator knows what the courts will require of divorce agreements in order for them to be deemed acceptable. An experienced mediator who is an attorney is also better suited to interpret current Pennsylvania divorce law as it pertains to the issues the couples are mediating.  

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