Often, divorcing couples without children or with short marriages don't have any major
disagreements about custody, visitation, property division or child or spousal support - these couples may be able to choose a faster, cheaper method of divorce.
The mediator's primary goal is to help you and your ex-spouse find mutually beneficial ways to resolve your family law disputes, including
disagreements about custody and visitation, support and property.
Not exact matches
Next to
disagreement about child support and child
custody, battles over parenting schedules are one of the most frustrating disputes single moms and dads face.
Disagreements in this case can be
about anything including child
custody or support, alimony payments, or even reasons for the divorce itself.
When children are part of the
disagreement, courts will always make decisions
about custody and child support based on the best interests of the child.
a Mediated Divorce, in which a couple uses a trained mediator to help them resolve
disagreements about property division and distribution and child
custody and visitation.
In determining joint
custody, courts consider any parental agreement (or lack of agreement)
about custody decisions, any unreasonable
disagreement made by a parent, the ability of the parents to cooperate, and the logical possibility of joint
custody.
Custody disagreements should never be
about revenge or trying to get even by hurting another parent.
Next to
disagreement about child support and child
custody, battles over parenting schedules are one of the most frustrating disputes single moms and dads face.
Prior to 1980, if there was a
disagreement between mother and father
about the
custody of their child, the mother retained sole legal
custody and was allowed to make all of the decisions, including whether her children would have a father in their life.