- You and your ex are not able to agree about how to divide your possessions between you when you divorce.
- Or you want to see your children more often than your ex will allow.
- Or you are having trouble with maintenance money.
- Or you’d like to see your grandchildren.
WHO IS FAMILY MEDIATION FOR?
If one of these scenarios looks familiar to you, family mediation is for you:
COME FOR A MEETING.
Phone or email and we will invite you in for a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM). This is a compulsory step before you can make an application to court.
At the MIAMS we will talk about the issues you have and decide with you whether mediation is suitable. If it is we will invite the other party to mediation. Mediation will start if both sides are willing.
In a short time you will have a list of proposals, and have a greater understanding of how to resolve differences between the two of you in the future.
CHILD INCLUSIVE MEDIATION
This is a part of family mediation when the mediator speaks to the children of the family where the parents are separated. There is an expectation now that children should be involved in the mediation process.
Sometimes you aren’t sure of what your children are really thinking. What do they think about the arrangements you are making for them?
Children often welcome the chance to be part of the process which is, after all, about them. They may find it difficult to tell you their true wishes and feelings, thinking you may be hurt.
At MSNW we are trained to talk to the children and will invite them in to an informal chat, if both parents agree to this happening.
CHILD INCLUSIVE MEDIATION
This is a part of family mediation when the mediator speaks to the children of the family where the parents are getting divorced.
Sometimes you aren’t sure of what your children are really thinking. What do they think about the arrangements you are making for them?
Children often welcome the chance to be part of the process which is, after all, about them. They may find it difficult to tell you their true wishes and feelings, thinking you may be hurt.
At MSNW we are trained to talk to the children and will invite them in to an informal chat, if both parents agree to this happening.