My first idea of mediation was lie to both sides and tell them they have to do better.
Before court, we had baseball bats and clubs to solve our differences. Court was the original dispute resolution alternative. Now we also have mediation, which allows details of a case to remain private, and gives the opposing parties more control over the outcome.
Instead of going to court and paying a lot of money for an attorney to argue for hours, hanging out all your dirty laundry on public record, mediation offers a resolution you control.
In court, you cannot predict with assurance what is going to happen, but mediation has different parameters, allowing both sides to work out a resolution. The opposing sides control the outcome, not a judge. Furthermore, private matters remain private. The details of mediation cases do not become part of public record.
It is bad enough to have a conflict with someone else, often someone who has been close to you, but mediation offers an alternative to a court resolution, and may be a better fit for many family law matters.
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