Mediation promotes future cooperation, not continued conflict, even when divorcing. Mediation is a means for people to maintain control over their lives and, in a dignified and satisfying way, clarify issues and resolve conflicts. We are available for mediation in the greater Piedmont area including Lake Norman, Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville, Winston Salem, Clemmons and Advance.
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Mediation with Just Solutions NC is positive, practical, and client driven.
Divorce mediation still feels like a new idea to many, but it's increasingly well-known and widely accepted; in North Carolina the courts will insist upon mediation if you can’t settle your issues. Choosing to mediate at an early stage will save you time, expense, and discord.
From Peter Lovenheim, author of How to Mediate your Dispute:
- The law cannot provide the remedy you want, only you can
- You want to end a problem, not destroy a relationship. Face it, filing a lawsuit is almost always a hostile act
- Your dispute is no one else’s business – and you want to keep it that way
- Minimizing costs are important – mediation almost always is less costly than lawyer fees
- You want to settle your dispute promptly – civil cases often take months (or years) to come to trial
- You are having difficulty initiating negotiations, or you lack negotiating skills – mediation will prevent either party from being intimidated or manipulated.
Stay in control of your life, and your divorce
Mediation means different things to different people. In the style of mediation we utilize, you and your spouse would sit down in the same room with each other and with a neutral mediator. With the mediator's help, you would work through all the issues you need to resolve so the two of you can get through your divorce. You will spend a realistic amount of time in sessions, usually 2-3 hours.
There will be reasonable expectations for you to contribute to and simplify the process; forms and questionnaires will be made available in advance of the sessions for those that would like to begin gathering data, completing documents, making decisions, etc. This may help to reduce costs.
Your life is personal, shouldn’t your decisions be personalized?
Mediation implies that you accept responsibility for creating a fair and constructive settlement agreement. You maintain full decision-making power and are encouraged to exercise that power in an informed, fair, and constructive way.
Mediation promotes future cooperation, not continued conflict, even when divorcing
The mediator is your neutral guide. That means the mediator can't give advice to either party, and also can't act as an attorney for either party. What the mediator can do, though, is to point out items that each of you should be aware of in the settlement you are trying to accomplish. That open and free exchange of information frees up both of you to negotiate with each other in confidence. Also, because you are both working with the same base of information, it usually takes far less time to negotiate a resolution that makes sense you.
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