Family Mediation Services
Family Mediation is a voluntary process where I act as an impartial third party to assist in resolving family disputes involving parenting, support, and property division issues.
Family Mediation is an affordable, low conflict process, that enables families to negotiate their own terms of separation that will work best for their family.
Rather than negotiating a Separation Agreement through separate lawyers, I am able to be jointly-retained by both parties to help keep costs down and reach an amicable resolution.
Child-Focused Services
In addition to Family Mediation, I also offer the following child-focused services:
- Voice of the Child Reports - each child is separately interviewed to determine their views and preferences around parenting and a written report is provided to help settle disputes or for court-related purposes
- Child-Inclusive Mediation - children are interviewed separately within the family mediation context to determine their views and preferences
Family Mediation Process
- Each party submits separate intake forms and schedules individual intake sessions ($200.00 plus HST for each intake).
- Both parties sign an Agreement to Mediate if they wish to proceed and schedule the first joint session.
- In joint sessions, disclosure is provided and exchanged and issues are discussed and addressed.
- Joint sessions are charged at $200.00 plus HST per hour, which is shared by the parties. Sessions are scheduled for 2 hours each.
- After terms have been agreed to, I prepare a draft Separation Agreement, Parenting Plan, or Mediation Agreement that is reviewed with the parties together. I then provide a copy to the parties to review and sign with their lawyers.