Sentences with phrase «while mediation agreements»

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While Cuomo portrayed the agreement as a happy medium for both sides, it was based on the recommendations of two White House - appointed mediation boards that ruled largely on the side of labor.

If you were so busy celebrating your new business that you didn't bother to draft an operating agreement, I would suggest staying friendly with your partner while trying to wrap things up; if that doesn't work, head to mediation.

The Board's Family Mediation Service helps couples who have decided to separate or divorce, or who have already separated, to negotiate their own terms of agreement, while addressing the needs and interests of all involved.

While mediation is non-binding, once parties sign a settlement agreement, the agreement is final and enforceable.

So while lawyers are often involved at the end to advise their clients on the fairness of the draft agreement, it's rare for lawyers to be involved in the actual mediation process with their clients.

Watch NYSCDM President Mark Josephson and Jesse Jackson of LookTV discuss how divorce mediation can help couples communicate better, work through challenging financial issues and enable them to develop equitable divorce agreements while maintaining greater control over their futures.

The Board's Family Mediation Service helps couples who have decided to separate or divorce, or who have already separated, to negotiate their own terms of agreement, while addressing the needs and interests of all involved.

While divorce litigation, mediation or the collaborative divorce process are the most common methods for arriving at a divorce agreement, some clients either can not afford or do not want to hire an attorney or mediator to handle the entire process.

A new family mediation guide released by St. Catharines family lawyer and mediator Sharon Silbert offers readers a step - by - step look at how to negotiate mutually acceptable agreements while saving money and maintaining control of the outcome.

If there are any near - term issues that need to be resolved (such as an agreement to «freeze» the marital assets while discussions are under way), those issues can be put on the front burner in the mediation and resolved before more global issues are addressed.

Mediation ensures that the final agreement will be in your child's best interest and will allow both of you to maintain your parental roles and facilitate open lines of communication while you co-parent.

While a court may order mediation, you are not forced to reach a mediated agreement.

While mediators rarely can require a party to consult with an attorney, most recommend that each client consult with an attorney at some point during the mediation and prior to signing a mediated agreement.

While the courts have guidelines regarding custody and support, private mediation offers custom agreements for families that implement what works best for their particular set of circumstances with a flexible timeline that allows the parties to make appointments convenient to each of their schedules.

Also see Mildred Daley Pagelow, «Effects of Domestic Violence on Children and their Consequences for Custody and Visitation Agreements,» Mediation Quarterly, 7 (4), 1990 [Battered women are intensely fearful of losing custody, while men who batter feel they have nothing to lose by using custody as a bargaining tactic.]

While getting a lawyer's legal advice before and after mediation is essential for making the best agreement, having the lawyer present during the mediation session is rarely a good idea.

For example, in mediation and the collaborative law process, the couple may enter into an interim agreement regarding parenting issues while the couple works on financial and other issues that need to be resolved.

While this domain will continue to include divorce and child custody / visitation mediation, mediation of pre-nuptial agreements, dependency mediation, parent - child mediation, mediation of gay and lesbian couple disputes, of elder care, of family wills and estates, of family business, adoptions, post-divorce and stepfamily disputes, the field, without doubt, will continue to grow even beyond these already diverse areas.

Co-parent mediation provides an excellent venue for parents to sit together and work through their residential schedules, parenting plan agreements, resolve misunderstandings and parenting conflict, and design a strong, child - centered parenting plan for their children while respecting each other as parents.

While there are certain statutory items that must be considered, agreements made in mediation can cover a wider spectrum of issues, with more creative, individualized results, than would be possible if a judge were to control the process.

I would be happy to meet with you to answer any questions about mediation and how it can reduce the cost of your divorce while resulting in an agreement that you decide, not the court.

Mediation agreements address concerns unique to each family, while both husband and wife are more likely to get what they want.

While the words of these clients accurately relate real and important reasons for selecting divorce mediation as the vehicle for structuring their separation or divorce agreements or for resolving post-divorce issues, they do not address the more subtle benefits that can be a byproduct of the mediation process, benefits that, in and of themselves, present the most persuasive rationale for mediation.

However, fewer people are familiar with the process of mediation — while some know that mediation is a way to talk through a divorce agreement with a neutral party, not many know the general steps of the process.

While divorce mediation is a product - oriented service, e.g., clients need an agreement and appropriate court paperwork to finalize their divorce with the court, it's just as much, if not more, of a process - oriented service, i.e., the psychological divorce.

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For the purposes of the Statute of Limitations, the Act provides that time will not run against a claimant from the date on which an agreement to mediate has been signed and while the mediation is in being.

Commentary: While there is a good chance that once these parties enter mediation, they might be able to reach an agreement, neither might want to sign a retainer with an attorney who would disqualify themselves, if the process broke down.

While a number of researchers purport to have found relitigation rates lower following mediated decisions, or (primarily in early studies) in joint custody arrangements, not one of these studies appears to have corrected for (in the first case) the reality that negotiated agreements are not as legally amenable to modification as court orders, or (in both cases) that couples who achieved accord in mediation, as well as those who voluntarily chose early joint custody arrangements were already relatively more amicable couples.

While only courts can issue these orders, parents can create their own custody and visitation agreements, through mediation or by themselves, and ask for court approval.

While at first blush it might seem harmless to suggest that a mediator could be helpful if the parties are struggling to reach an agreement, mediation as it is generally practiced in North Carolina is an adjunct of court.

The mediation and negotiation processes guided by the Native Title Act and Indigenous Land Use Agreement regulations met the requirements of Western law, while the conduct of particular ceremonies at the mine site met the responsibilities of Indigenous traditional law.

Keeping the divorcing couple on track and focusing on the separation agreement while acknowledging their emotional issues is a critical part of guiding the mediation process successfully.

Divorce mediation is particularly helpful in separation cases where the couple wishes to remain amicable and non-adversarial while they create a formal agreement.