1. The first step is to start collecting pertinent information: your assets (homes, cars, pensions, investments and insurance), your liabilities (mortgages, credit cards), your children’s schedules, monthly income of each spouse, and the current monthly expenses.

2. Next is a free consultation with us to make sure both parties are comfortable with and understand the mediation process. Thereafter, the parties will have an initial mediation session to establish an itinerary, go over ground rules and start discussing the issues that need to be grappled. On the other hand, if your spouse is unwilling to attempt mediation, your next step is to find an experienced family law attorney. Luckily, you’ve found both!

3. If your spouse is comfortable with the mediation process we will work through and toward agreements on topics & we will write them down at the end of each session to record our progress. Once all the necessary topics have been worked out, all the earlier records are combined together in an agreement, called your Final Judgment, and filed with the court.

4. When and how often the parties meet is typically weekly or bi-weekly from 3 to 5 hours, which provides us enough time to properly address issues and avoid mental fatigue.