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Mediation Saves Money
Mediation with NHDM is significantly less expensive than going to court. You will work cooperatively to resolve all issues, without wasting time and money with lawyers in court. You’ll pay us one flat fee for your entire process, rather than two divorce lawyers by the hour, with high retainers, to litigate your divorce.
Mediation Saves Time
In mediation, the participants are in control of the timing, not the Court. Mediation is efficient because your neutral attorney-mediator will provide the information you need to facilitate productive communication between the participants at the table. Your attorney-mediator is trained to help participants communicate productively at the mediation table so that you may determine for yourself how you wish to proceed and keep the process moving.
PREPARING FOR MEDIATION
One of the best ways to save time and money in mediation is to come prepared for each mediation session. We will tell you exactly what paperwork we will need from you to mediate your divorce. We will help you organize your documents and information and will provide instructions for what you need to do in between your mediation sessions. We will support you through every step of the process and provide you with the tools and information you will need to succeed. If you come to your mediation sessions prepared, you can complete your mediation more quickly and efficiently.
COMPARE TO LITIGATION
The process you choose for your divorce is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Will you choose to work together to make the decisions about your finances and your children, or will you hire lawyers and turn those decisions over to a judge?
We have all heard the horror stories about litigated divorces that have dragged on for years and caused families unrelenting stress and pain, especially for their children. Such divorces can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, even for families without significant assets, and leave both parties dissatisfied, resentful, angry and even more divided. Not only does the courtroom drama tear the parties apart, but it also causes untold damage to their children, making the challenges of continued co-parenting even more difficult in the years to come. By contrast, divorce mediation can provide you with the most respective and civil framework for handling your divorce as smoothly as possible. Your experienced, neutral divorce attorney mediator will educate and guide you through your divorce.
By contrast, divorce mediation offers you the opportunity to resolve your divorce and custody matters peacefully and efficiently, while keeping you and your spouse in complete control of the outcome. A mediated divorce takes a few months to complete, (never years!), and costs a few thousand dollars (never tens or hundreds of thousands!). With NHDM mediation, you will be the decision makers, with professional support from a compassionate, neutral attorney-mediator who will guide you through the entire process. Mediation offers you a child-centered divorce process, sparing your children a divorce-centered childhood.