Married couples experience their fair share of challenges in marriage and among the solutions they turn to is divorce mediation in Miami, Fl. This is when the soon to be divorced couple decides what is best for each spouse and most importantly, the children. During mediation the spouses meet an impartial third party, the mediator, who helps them work through the issues that require resolving so that they can end their marriage in an amicable and cost effective manner. Some of the issues covered during mediation include parenting time and child custody, distribution of property (both assets and liabilities) taxes, retirement, child support / maintenance. Below are some of the benefits of divorce mediators.
• During divorce mediation in Miami Fl, the spouses, with the help of the mediator, work out agreements on these and other issues. Sometimes the agreements are easy to formulate and sometimes they take a lot of time and hard work. The mediator is most useful when agreements are difficult to reach. The mediator’s main job is to maintain open communication lines, discuss ideas, teach empathy, reality test the couple and help the couple make the right decisions. The mediator, therefore, helps the couple focus on pertinent issues, ensuring that the spouses don’t veer off track. This prevents the couple from losing focus and beginning arguing, name-calling and bringing up past bad memories.
• Divorce mediation is not only flexible, it is also confidential. It gives you and your spouse a chance to resolves issues you have in a responsible and private way. This is particularly important if you have children and you cannot avoid interacting with your spouse after the divorce. The process enhances communication between the two of you and, thus, helps with a problem that plagues numerous marriages and leads to several divorces: lack of communication. When you learn to communicate maturely with your former spouse after the divorce for the sake of the children, you make their post-divorce experience a bit more bearable.
• Make sure that the divorce mediator you hire is impartial to both the spouses’ interest. He or she should not give advice to any of the spouses and must maintain neutrality regardless of how difficult the situation might get. He or she, through the divorce mediation, helps you and your spouse to negotiate calmly with each other. Mediation is also voluntary and it can only continue as long as the three of you – you, your spouse, and the divorce mediator – want to continue. Mediation sessions can be done at your own convenience—weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc.
When you opt for divorce mediation as a couple, make sure you hire a mediator that has been in the business for long in order that you may benefit from their experience.
A number of couples have turned to divorce mediation in Miami Fl to help them resolve their issues amicably.
