Child Inclusive Mediation offers you, as a child or young person, the chance to meet and converse with a trained mediator who is assisting your parents in navigating family matters due to separation or divorce. This process can benefit you as well, whether your...
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How long will the scheme last?
The Family Mediation Voucher Scheme is a temporary initiative, and its continuation depends on government funding and the ongoing assessment of its effectiveness. The scheme was initially introduced in response to the increased strain on the family court system due to...
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Legal ConsiderationsSometimes, despite best efforts in mediation, parents may still find themselves at animpasse. In such cases, it might be necessary to seek legal advice. Family law professionalscan offer guidance on how to proceed, potentially involving the court...
What is a Family Mediation Service?
Family mediators help you to turn your arguments into agreements to help you make decisions for the future, to enable you to move on with your lives. It helps you focus on the issues affecting both of you, for example, parenting, property, and money, and what to do about it all now that you are separated.
Family mediation is faster, cheaper, and less stressful than going to court to try to reach agreements on issues connected to your divorce or separation.
What does Family Mediation cover?
In mediation you get to set the agenda, and this can be anything that you both agree to discuss and mediate on and typically the issues discussed in family mediation can include:
Parenting Issues such as:
- When and where the children will spend time with each of you.
- Helping grandparents keep in contact with their grandchildren.
- Agreeing child maintenance and support payments.
- Arrangements for school holidays and key events such as Christmas, Birthdays etc.
- Any other issues you wish to agree on – such as schooling, holidays, relocation, change of name, introducing new partners.
Financial & Property issues such as:
- How your assets will be divided.
- What happens to your family home, including who will move out and when this will happen.
- Support payments to be made.
- Division of pensions and investments.
- Spousal maintenance.
- How any upcoming bills will be settled.