How Mediation will
work for you

Experienced
Mediator

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GJ Fabiano, Ph.D.
Mediation Services
236 Heagle Road
Johnstown, New York

Phone: (518) 762-4795

Private Divorce Mediation

In a standard divorce case each spouse hires his or her own lawyer. The lawyers do all the negotiating and you pay for every minute they spend talking to one another.

How Mediation Services will work for you:

1. Voluntary Process.
2. A Mediator is a neutral professional.
3. Mediation is a flexible, adaptable process that distinguishes itself from most other forms of dispute resolution.
4. Mediation leaves the parties feeling more in control of decision making.
5. Mediation is less expensive than the tradition attorney vs. attorney process.
6. Mediation is conducted in joint sessions with both clients in a room at the same time.
7. Mediation permits the parties to develop a complete divorce settlement or a few issues; i.e., custody, property division, maintenance.
8. Mediation moves quickly and is private.
9. Mediation avoids the nasty tone of adversarial divorce and advocates a problem solving approach.
10. The goal in mediation is to arrive at balanced agreements that work for the parties and their children.
11. Mediation does not impose a settlement; the purpose is to help the parties develop a settlement that works well for them and their children.
12. A Memorandum of Understanding outlines the parties' tentative agreements.
13. A Memorandum of Understanding is used as a basis for a legal separation agreement drafted by an attorney.
14. Mediators encourage clients to have consulting attorneys.