Any two people interested in decreasing the time, money and emotional energy spent in getting divorced are candidates for divorce mediation.

The benefits of family divorce mediation are enormous.

The financial savings allow the assets to stay with the family members and children.

Of equal importance are the savings in time, as a mediated settlement can be completed in 1 or 2 weeks, versus 10 to 12 months for an attorney and trial situation.

•    Mediation costs significantly less than retaining the services of an attorney.
  
  
•    Mediation focuses on cooperation rather than competition.
  
  
•    Mediation assists parents in determining where their children will live and what visitation
       arrangements will best meet the emotional and social needs of their family.
  
  
•   Mediation can be scheduled almost immediately, while you may wait months before being able to
      schedule a court date with the judge.
  
  
•   Mediation proceedings are confidential.  All communication is confidential and is inadmissible as
      evidence in any subsequent legal or criminal proceeding, unless both parties agree otherwise. 
      All divorce pleadings filed by an attorney are public record.
  
  
•    Mediation Agreements which are prepared by Certified Florida Supreme Court Mediators
       are recognized by all circuits of the Florida Family Courts and are incorporated into any
       Final Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage.
  
  
•    If a Mediation Agreement is reached for a Modification of a Final Judgment, it will also be
       incorporated into a Court Order and going to a court hearing will not be necessary.
  
  
•    With Mediation – YOU make the decisions about your future
       and the future of your children - not the Court.