The Divorce Mediation Handbook: Everything You Need to Know

Description

A FriAndlier and Less Expensive Divorce

Clients arriving in your office are usually confused about what mediation means, their legal rights, and how it's all going to be sorted out. You spAnd a good deal of your time just trying to educate them enough to proceed.

The Divorce Mediation Handbook does much of this work for you. It explains the mediation procedure and reassures your clients that they can indeed work out their divorce in a reasonable and civil manner in mediation. It also gives them a great deal of information about

• how children respond to divorce
• how property issues are addressed
• how future support may be considered
• how to prepare for mediation

Paula James, who has mediated over 600 divorces, offers the divorcing couple an encouraging and highly informative book to prepare them for your first session and the work ahead.

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2003-06-18
Summary: "Very easy to understand"

I found this book to be very helpful to me. I needed to know if mediation was for me. Divorces can be very expensive (I have friends who have gone through them) and I didn't want attorneys to get the better deal. Chapters include how mediation differs from litigation. If it's the best choice for you. Choosing a mediator and their role. The process of mediation...children and finanacial issues. In essence, it takes you from start to finish. The scenarios with different couples were so varied that I am sure you will find a situation that is similar to yours. A must read if you want to know how it all works. I learned so much from this book that I would recommend it to anyone contemplating...