Mediation
When families change there are many decisions to be made. Mediation is an alternative to the traditional expensive and adversarial process of litigation in court. It helps resolve disputes associated with separation and divorce, family businesses, eldercare, inheritance, and parenting.
Mediation is a cooperative process in which divorcing parties can work together with a neutral mediator to reach agreements on such issues as parenting schedules, financial support, property settlement and other family arrangements. Once an agreement is reached, it may be taken to each party's attorney for review and legal implementation.
Mediation allows the family members to make their own decisions rather than submitting decision-making about their lives to the judge. The mediator is a neutral who helps the parties discuss their disputes in a productive way while trying their best to preserve family relationships. The mediator makes no decisions.
Claire Hesse was first trained as a family mediator in 1991. She has served as a REDRESS mediator for the United States Postal Service, an external labor discrimination mediator for the United States EEOC, and is trained in Collaborative Divorce. She has been on the faculty of Loyola Law School CLE mediation training seminars since 1994. Her mediation clients may be court-ordered or voluntary. The charge for mediation services is $200 per hour with no charge for document preparation.
To view an important video presentation by the Virginia Bar Association endorsing the benefits of mediation, click on
http://vimeo.com/16997474
Mediation is a cooperative process in which divorcing parties can work together with a neutral mediator to reach agreements on such issues as parenting schedules, financial support, property settlement and other family arrangements. Once an agreement is reached, it may be taken to each party's attorney for review and legal implementation.
Mediation allows the family members to make their own decisions rather than submitting decision-making about their lives to the judge. The mediator is a neutral who helps the parties discuss their disputes in a productive way while trying their best to preserve family relationships. The mediator makes no decisions.
Claire Hesse was first trained as a family mediator in 1991. She has served as a REDRESS mediator for the United States Postal Service, an external labor discrimination mediator for the United States EEOC, and is trained in Collaborative Divorce. She has been on the faculty of Loyola Law School CLE mediation training seminars since 1994. Her mediation clients may be court-ordered or voluntary. The charge for mediation services is $200 per hour with no charge for document preparation.
To view an important video presentation by the Virginia Bar Association endorsing the benefits of mediation, click on
http://vimeo.com/16997474
