Mediation Process
As a Rule 31 Listed General Civil and Family Mediator approved by the Tennessee Supreme Court serving the Middle Tennessee area, Rule 31 Mediation process is applied which allows disputing parties to resolve their conflict with the assistance of a neutral third party. The neutral a mediator, does not dictate a solution, but helps each party express their interests, talk productively, and create the opportunity for agreement. Mediation is private, confidential and completely voluntary. A mediator facilitates a purposeful and directed conversation in which parties are a settlement that meets both their in the future. Mediation helps the parties work more efficiently and effectively toward needs. Should new issues arise or circumstances change, the parties may agree to return to mediation over the process. Instead of working the court calendar and attorney schedules, the mediation can be scheduled to fit the parties schedules.
Services provided as Rule 31 Listed General Civil and Family Mediator include, but not limited to:
Divorce / Family Mediation
Divorce mediation allows you and your spouse the opportunity to reach what each of you believe to be a fair settlement agreement in less adversarial atmosphere in which you both have control over the process and are assisted by the trained neutral party.
Mediation can be used in wide variety of family dispute situations, not just divorce and conflict. Other family-related mediation services are:
Elder Care Mediation
An elder mediator assists the elderly and their families in making decisions regarding financial concerns, life style change due to death of a spouse/partner, decline in health, independence limits, safety concerns, and long-term care decisions. An important factor in Elder mediation is to sustain as much autonomy of elder as possible.
Marital Mediation
Marital Mediation is different from Marital Counseling. Marital Counseling is performed by a range of professionals, with training and background in mental health areas such as social work and psychology. Marital Counseling generally incorporates diagnosis, therapy and treatment of personality and relationship problems. Marital Counseling gathers information to identify neurotic behaviour and symptoms of mental disorders or illness to provide context for the parties and help them understand the behaviors which may alleviate the marital conflict. On the other hand, Marital Mediation is dispute resolution between the marital couple. Marriages are filled with disputes, big and small. When a couple has an unproductive manner of arguing and settling differences, the marriage suffers. If this problem is intractable and pervasive, the marriage can fail. Marital mediation is goal and task oriented, time limited and practical. Sometimes marital mediation is successful for couples who have failed marriage counselling. (The opposite is also true at times.)
Benefits of Mediation:
This firm does not provide financial or legal advice. Should financial or legal advice be needed or requested by client, the individual will be referred to a professional in specific field.