Tired of Fighting? Resolve Your Conflict Now!
Many civil or family conflicts ending in costly court battles can be settled with mediation instead. Family and divorce disputes alone now consume half the time in MN courts.* The focus in courts is often on fighting and hurting rather than settling and forging agreements that last.
Mediation is a process where those who have a dispute take control. A mediator helps those fighting to focus on the problem rather than each other.
With a mediator’s help two (or more) people can learn to work together in a safe environment to solve the problem dividing them. A typical divorce or other mediation might take 8 or 10 hours and save thousands of dollars in litigation costs. In divorce mediation, it sometimes happens that a couple mediating work out their issues so well that they decide to stay together!
Mediation is not counseling. While counseling is helpful in many disputes, the focus in mediation is on results. Mediation is not arbitration. Those involved decide. Mediation is not simply give-and-take or positional bargaining. Rather a mediator helps people focus on the issues behind the positions. In mediation, often a way is discovered where both parties are fully satisfied. Litigation and arbitration are win/lose; mediation is win-win.
Divorce costs can be cut by 2/3 and agreements stand the test of time!
* Sandy Keith, former MN State Supreme Court Head Justice
Mediation is a process where those who have a dispute take control. A mediator helps those fighting to focus on the problem rather than each other.
With a mediator’s help two (or more) people can learn to work together in a safe environment to solve the problem dividing them. A typical divorce or other mediation might take 8 or 10 hours and save thousands of dollars in litigation costs. In divorce mediation, it sometimes happens that a couple mediating work out their issues so well that they decide to stay together!
Mediation is not counseling. While counseling is helpful in many disputes, the focus in mediation is on results. Mediation is not arbitration. Those involved decide. Mediation is not simply give-and-take or positional bargaining. Rather a mediator helps people focus on the issues behind the positions. In mediation, often a way is discovered where both parties are fully satisfied. Litigation and arbitration are win/lose; mediation is win-win.
Divorce costs can be cut by 2/3 and agreements stand the test of time!
* Sandy Keith, former MN State Supreme Court Head Justice
