What Happens at Our Family Mediation Meetings?

You and your former spouse will meet together with me, Marla Gilsig, as your family law mediator. My role as a mediator is not to decide the outcome of your dispute, you and your former spouse are the decision makers. Through a series of meetings that we all attend I’ll help you to make decisions and reach agreements by facilitating negotiations and helping you gather and keep track of information and documents.

Your lawyer and your former spouse’s lawyer may also attend the mediation meetings with the two of you. Your lawyers are part of the family mediation process, even if they do not attend the meetings. When you separate, your children are impacted. Sometimes older … Read more »

Why Promote Mediation over Litigation?

In family mediation, you, the divorcing couple, work with a neutral mediator who helps you come to an agreement on all aspects of your divorce. The mediator may or may not be a lawyer, but either way the mediator should be extremely well versed in divorce and family law. It is critical for the mediator to be neutral. You and your former spouse still may need to consult with your own, individual lawyers during the mediation and prior to signing any divorce or settlement agreements.

Why should you mediate instead of going to court?

1. Preserve Your Relationships: It is far easier on your children since mediation proceedings are less hostile and stressful than court proceedings. Opting