Get on the path to results today by creating your separation agreement in a safe space.
Get on the path to results today by creating your separation agreement in a safe space.
Working Towards Your Cost-Effective Separation Agreement
(With physical offices in Etobicoke, Oakville and Anywhere Online)
If you are working towards your separation agreement and think that you and your spouse could work things out together, but talks frequently break down, consider family mediation services. With a fully trained mediator in the room to facilitate the discussion, you can resolve outstanding issues.
Your Mediator is your guide. Mediators do not make decisions on your behalf; they help you and your spouse navigate difficult conversations to find solutions. A Mediator can make negotiations smoother by ensuring that each spouse’s wishes and concerns are heard. Not only that, but a mediator is a ‘translator’ between your wishes and what the legal system needs, in terms of documentation, to form your separation agreement.
Why Mediation?
Most people explore mediation to negotiate the necessary terms of a separation agreement. There are three major reasons why.
One is that it is cost-effective. Mediation often costs a fraction of what the litigation process costs and often with a better result. The second reason is that these people are still able to talk. They may not often agree, but emphasizing resolution instead of conflict is a more desired outcome. This is often the case because children are involved. Co-parenting through conflict is difficult. Co-parenting through the mediation process, which is resolution-focused, is much easier. The third reason is that mediation is often faster than other process options.
Often, anger compels divorcing people to go to court. However, having your day in court comes with a cost far beyond the financial. Asking a judge, who is a stranger to your family, to make decisions that will affect your children and your ability to provide for your own future is not, typically, the best route. Only you and your spouse understand your family dynamics and your children’s needs. Only you know your future hopes and dreams, so why let a stranger decide issues that will affect your financial future? Take charge of your own terms in your separation agreement by making decisions together.
When?
At any point during the divorce process, communication between spouses can break down. A Mediator helps facilitate productive conversations and ensure that each person’s interests are heard and considered. It helps to have both parties in the same room, but mediation is still possible through other forms of communication if that is not an option.
How much does it cost?
Mediation costs vary depending on the complexity of the issues that need to be resolved. Please contact us to discuss your unique situation. We do offer a 30-minute complimentary session to discuss how the mediation process works. Consider, as well, that most people come to mediation to curtail the emotional costs of the divorce process and because it is often much less costly than traditional negotiation options. Couples who work with a Mediator typically want to minimize other family members' impact, including young or adult children. Resolutions through respectful conversations allow both spouses to avoid damaging these other relationships and form a long-lasting separation agreement.
What is the process?
1. Initial consultation: Meeting with you and your spouse to ensure mediation is the right process for your family.
2. Individual consultation: Each spouse has an opportunity to talk to the Mediator about the issues that have brought negotiations to an impasse.
3. Engagement Letter and Intake Forms are provided for the next meeting.
4. Mediation: The spouses return to the mediation together to negotiate a separation agreement. The number of times mediation occurs is based on an individual case basis.
5. Memorandum of Understanding: Each spouse is given a copy of their Memorandum of Understanding, which defines their negotiation in working towards a legal Separation Agreement.
6. Payment: For your convenience, we accept electronic payments, Visa and Mastercard.
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