About Our Services

Mediation is an approach to conflict resolution in which an impartial third party
intervenes in a dispute with the consent of the parties to assist them in reaching a
mutually satisfactory settlement to the issues in dispute.
A mediator has no power to impose a decision, instead, mediators help people
communicate, negotiate, solve problems, and arrive at agreement.  Like judges and
arbitrators, Mediators strive to remain impartial and neutral.  Unlike judges and
arbitrators, Mediators do not render opinions or judge right and wrong.  Agreements
and decisions are created by the parties themselves rather than impose by an outsider
(Rangaswamy, 1148).

Mediator can terminate the mediation session
A mediator may realize that there are ethical concerns that prevent her/him from
continuing in the process.  
Parties may reach mutual agreement without agreement.  In community disputes or
non court related cases, many parties choose to end the mediation session less
formality, such as verbal agreement and/or handshake.  These  disputes are usually
small in nature and do not usually involve monetary compensation.
Parties may reach mutual agreement with a written agreement.  The parties
memorialize all of the agreement into a document in which the mediator, acting as a
scrivener, drafts all of the agreements they have reached throughout the mediation
session in the parties own words.  The agreement are called mediated agreement,
settlement agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Member of National Association of Certified Mediators
Member of American Bar Association

There are many options open to you
regarding your children.  They include:
1.  Joint residency
2.  Joint parenting
3.  Single custody


FEES  

The fee is paid before the session begins.  
We ask that you share in the cost of
mediation in a ratio appropriate to you.
There is also a fee for time charged for
drafting the Memorandum Of
Understanding and work conducted
outside of the session.

If you need to cancel your
session, call our office at least 72 hours
prior to your scheduled time.  If you cancel
less than 24 hours, we will charge you for
the time you have reserved, or we can
reschedule at your earliest convenience.