Ron Patarello
divorce mediation
Divorce Mediation
You've decided to divorce, so now what?
Navigating your way through the divorce process is entangled with uncertainty, emotion, and conflict.
It is a time when you need to understand your options and address you needs. As well as, the needs of your children.
Traditionally, parties have felt that fighting in court was their only option. The two party adversarial divorce causes people to give up their decision making and relinquish control to a third party decision maker-- the judge.
What this does though is sets up a "contest." and it becomes about "winning." But in the final "score" nobody wins--especially your children. There is another way!
You don't have to conquer or destroy to get your needs met.
First of all, agree you disagree.
Mediation offers a facilitated negotiation with the objective of you reaching your own marital settlement agreement, and provides an opportunity for you consider options, make choices, and apply standards of fairness that are based on your specific situation.
This process has helped many avoid the entanglement of a two party adversarial divorce. When decision making is left to a judge, decisions can be passed down that could be unfavorable to both of you. Mediation allows you to retain your decision-making, protect assets and significantly save on costs.
In mediation, you will be guided through a process of decision making in the areas of division of property, the allocation of support and arrangements for your children.
Your agreement will be drawn up in legal form and submitted to the court by a legal documents assistant. In most instances you or your spouse will not have to make any court appearance. Also mediation does not take away the opportunity for legal counsel, in the mediation process a consulting attorney can be utilized to measure your agreement with the legal standard of fairness.
Kids need parenting, NOT CUSTODY!
You are not divorcing your children. Life however, with your kids during the divorce process-and after will be different.
The amount of time you will spend together will be different. The financial constraints will be different.
For children there is always the question, "What did I do wrong?"
Mediation empowers parents to retain the parenting of their children by developing a child centered parenting plan that focuses the developmental needs of each child. The goal is to arrive at an intact 100% parent-child relationship for both parents.
Take a deep breath, it's going to be okay. Really, it is.
There is life after divorce.
Some couples have even worked out their differences in context of mediation and reconciled rather than divorcing. It can happen.
In fact, mediation is a process that could be utilized facilitate the resolution of your marriage.
No matter where you are in the process, I'm here to help.
The first step however, is up to you.
Call me.
I am here to answer your questions and help you decide on your next steps.
(714) 743 8096
You've decided to divorce, so now what?
Navigating your way through the divorce process is entangled with uncertainty, emotion, and conflict.
It is a time when you need to understand your options and address you needs. As well as, the needs of your children.
Traditionally, parties have felt that fighting in court was their only option. The two party adversarial divorce causes people to give up their decision making and relinquish control to a third party decision maker-- the judge.
What this does though is sets up a "contest." and it becomes about "winning." But in the final "score" nobody wins--especially your children. There is another way!
You don't have to conquer or destroy to get your needs met.
First of all, agree you disagree.
Mediation offers a facilitated negotiation with the objective of you reaching your own marital settlement agreement, and provides an opportunity for you consider options, make choices, and apply standards of fairness that are based on your specific situation.
This process has helped many avoid the entanglement of a two party adversarial divorce. When decision making is left to a judge, decisions can be passed down that could be unfavorable to both of you. Mediation allows you to retain your decision-making, protect assets and significantly save on costs.
In mediation, you will be guided through a process of decision making in the areas of division of property, the allocation of support and arrangements for your children.
Your agreement will be drawn up in legal form and submitted to the court by a legal documents assistant. In most instances you or your spouse will not have to make any court appearance. Also mediation does not take away the opportunity for legal counsel, in the mediation process a consulting attorney can be utilized to measure your agreement with the legal standard of fairness.
Kids need parenting, NOT CUSTODY!
You are not divorcing your children. Life however, with your kids during the divorce process-and after will be different.
The amount of time you will spend together will be different. The financial constraints will be different.
For children there is always the question, "What did I do wrong?"
Mediation empowers parents to retain the parenting of their children by developing a child centered parenting plan that focuses the developmental needs of each child. The goal is to arrive at an intact 100% parent-child relationship for both parents.
Take a deep breath, it's going to be okay. Really, it is.
There is life after divorce.
Some couples have even worked out their differences in context of mediation and reconciled rather than divorcing. It can happen.
In fact, mediation is a process that could be utilized facilitate the resolution of your marriage.
No matter where you are in the process, I'm here to help.
The first step however, is up to you.
Call me.
I am here to answer your questions and help you decide on your next steps.
(714) 743 8096
