There are many benefits to using a mediation service in marriage, family and divorce disputes:

Less Stress - In mediation you discuss matters that are important to you ... you mold the solution, in litigation you are told the solution. A mediator is neutral and does not take sides.

Less Time - In mediation you work within the comfort and ease of your busy schedules, not very busy trial calendars, or fitting into two separate lawyers’ schedules.

Less Money - Mediation costs less per hour than having two attorneys battle in court.

Mediation is often regarded as more effective in solving marital and family disputes; less costly and more effective than traditional marriage therapy sessions.

Less Future Frustration - Mediation gives the disputants a model for future conflict resolution. In mediation, people gain a clearer understanding of their situation and a better view of each other's perspectives. Communications between the parties are remarkably improved.

More Privacy - Mediation is entirely confidential, there is no airing grievances to a courtroom or being subject to having those grievances publicly documented.

Win/Win Results - Mediation focuses on obtaining results that are acceptable to all of the parties involved, in litigation there is a winner and a loser. When chldren are involved, it is a way of creating a parenting plan that is unique to parents and children's needs.

“Conflict in and of itself is not a negative experience ... It is how we choose to respond to conflict that determines whether its effect will be positive or negative ... Instead of believing that we know all the answers, we embrace curiosity.”

- The Tao of Negotiation