Work With Our South Bend Mediation Attorneys To Resolve Challenges
If you are in the middle of a family legal dispute mediation you’ll almost certainly have to participate in mediation at some point. The Blanford Law Office can help. Not only do we regularly represent individuals in mediation, the lawyers at the Blanford Law Office are certified family law mediators.
Over the fifteen years that attorney Gregory K. Blanford has been a certified family law mediator he’s mediated hundreds of family law disputes: divorces, child custody and parenting time matters, child support, guardianships, grandparent visitation and paternity issues.
What Is Family Law Mediation?
Mediation is part of what’s called alternative dispute resolution (ADR). It’s a mechanism by which the persons involved in a conflict are given an opportunity to fashion their own solution to divorce, child custody and property division disputes. It’s a way to try to avoid the many downsides of a full-blown battle in court.
In mediation, the parties work with a mediator – someone who has received specialty training in helping people work out their dispute. Mediators can often bring perspectives, ideas and workarounds to the negotiation table that may help. Mediators have a bounty of beneficial skills cultivated during their careers.
What Are The Benefits Of Mediation?
There are many benefits to family law mediation as opposed to fighting things out in Indiana courts. Some of them include:
- Confidentiality: First of all, most everything that occurs during mediation is confidential. In courtroom litigation, anyone who wants to come in and listen can.
- Cooperation: In mediation, you and the person with whom you’re having the conflict sit and talk with the mediator. Sometimes together, sometimes apart.
- More control: By sitting and talking with the mediator, you build your own solutions. You can add, subtract and rearrange things until you and the other party can live with the agreement. In court, a judge will make a decision about your family’s future.
- Cost: Mediation is also usually much quicker and a lot less expensive.
Do You Need Family Law Attorneys For Mediation?
You don’t need lawyers to go through mediation, but having representation during the process is certainly helpful. Family law attorneys that have participated in hundreds of mediation sessions can help you craft proposals and arrangements that are fair, enforceable, and legally sound.
If you are presently represented by an attorney in a family law matter, ask him or her about arranging mediation through our office.
Working With Indiana Attorneys On Family Law Mediation
If you are doing family law cases, you already know the value of mediation. And if you’re practicing in a county that requires mediation, you’ve seen for yourself how a good mediator can often work out arrangements for even the most recalcitrant parties. The mediators at the Blanford Law Office bring a practical, straightforward approach to mediating family law disputes.
Find Out More From Our Indiana Mediation Lawyers
For your convenience, you can schedule your mediation in a number of ways. Give our South Bend office a call at 574-303-6459, or send us an email today.