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Courts |
Divorce
Mediation or
Custody Mediation |
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Lengthy & time consuming |
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Judges have little time to hear the details of your divorce case, often less than 5 minutes |
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Scheduling conflicts between courts and litigants cause expensive delays |
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You may only get a minute or two to testify about your case |
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Unpredictable outcomes |
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You may have to make decisions about your divorce settlement in a split second in a crowded hallway |
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No confidentiality—all court files are public records. Soon, they will be available online |
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Costly — each hour your lawyer spends waiting, you pay, even if no progress on your case ismade |
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Stressful |
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Courts by their adversarial nature encourage combat, which is not conducive to a healthy family life after the legal divorce proceedings are over |
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You determine the schedule and issues |
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You control the mediation cost, which is usually about 1/10 to 1/3 the cost of a typical divorce case |
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You make the decisions in mediation that you'll be living with |
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You have the flexibility in mediation of taking time to consider how a decision will affect your family long term. You can try out agreements before you sign the final Divorce Agreement |
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Mediation is Confidential |
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You control the outcome in mediation, and because of this, agreements made in mediation typically work better than those negotiated in the courthouse hallway minutes before a divorce trial |
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You can always go to court if mediation doesn't work |
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Cost-effective |
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Faster |
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Less stressful |
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Healthier for your and your family, since part of mediation is learning to communicate better, which is especially important when children are involved |
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