Family Mediation can be fast, and it can be furious…

The title of this post is somewhat tongue-in-cheek but I'm trying to convey an essential message: time seems to go by faster when you are mediating, and that can mean added stress.

When you attend family mediation with a lawyer, the sessions are generally either half-day or a full-day. This means that the mediator has that amount of time set aside to try and assist with settlement. The parties, their lawyers and the mediator interact during this period of time, focussing on the issues, and the possibility of finalizing them through dialogue and negotiation….