Family Mediation

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Family Mediation supports healthy families. 

Mediation preparation, mediation and arbitration: We're here to respond to the needs of your family. Our process puts the focus on the needs of children.

Families come to mediation for many different reasons, including:

 To maintain a co-parenting relationship

 To minimize impacts of separation on your children
 To support conversation in decision making
 To find collaborative solutions to address challenges in co-parenting
 To make changes to an existing parenting plan or outline a new parenting plan

Mediation supports better conversations about:

  Communication
  
Decision Making
  
Parenting Time

✔  Long-term parenting goals
✔  Co-parent communication and parenting issues

✔  New partners

✔  Property division and ongoing financial obligations 

Comprehensive Mediation

Collaborative Process with Evans Family Law & Mediation Services

This service offers the benefits of working with a lawyer-mediator and family mediator to make decisions on what is important for your family. 

At the end of the process, you will have a Comprehensive Separation Agreement that is ready for Independent Legal Advice and can result in an uncontested divorce or separation; avoiding the lengthy, divisive, and expensive process of litigation.

Family Mediation-Arbitration

For some cases, Mediation Services also offers Family Arbitration. Arbitration is a faster and less formal way of solving disagreements outside of court when mediation is not possible.

Family Arbitrators are neutral, well-trained family lawyers with at least 10 years of experience. They must be agreed upon by both parties to act as their decision maker.

The arbitrator hears all evidence and then makes a decision that must be followed.

Mediation is preferred over arbitration

Mediation Services always starts with mediation as it gives both parties better control over their choices. We also know arbitration is necessary when an agreement can’t be reached.