California’s Top Rated & Most Trusted Divorce Mediation Firm.
Divorce is stressful enough. Put your family first; we will do the rest. We offer the most comprehensive divorce mediation in California. Each of our mediators has over 20 years of family law experience.
" From start to finish, I felt genuine care and kindness from every interaction. Dina made the complex legal process clear and smooth, and she patiently answered all our questions and even the ones we didn’t know to ask. I wholeheartedly recommend Dina and her team to any family looking for a mediator who approaches her work with deep compassion and unwavering dedication. I am truly grateful and blessed to have found her."
Welcome to Families First Mediation. You have found the right place. You can be done sooner than you think! We established a winning formula for you to successfully mediate your divorce with our Expert Divorce Mediation Attorneys, resulting in long-lasting settlements and satisfied clients. In fact, our clients rarely need additional help after finishing their divorce. But, if life throws them a curve ball, they can count on us to help. We are committed to your success.
Mediated divorce costs are a fraction of traditional litigation.
Our team is so efficient and most of our matters settle with a final judgment under 6 months.
Mediation is collaborative and provides parties the expertise they need to make high quality agreement and are more satisfied with outcomes.
It’s confidential and private.
Our mediators empower you to take control of your own divorce and decide what’s best for you and your kids.
Traditional Divorce is far more expensive. Even simple cases can cost $30,000 per person.
Contested divorce can take years in court.
Traditional divorce is emotionally stressful and adversarial leaving parties dissatisfied with outcomes.
Traditional divorce is not confidential.
In traditional divorce,a judge decides on your matters, leaving you little control over your own divorce.
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The most important step is to make the conscious effort to mediate your divorce. Those that do save money, time and fees. And at Families First, our parties leave with high quality agreements for their today and future. Book a free consultation to learn how you can mediate your divorce successfully.
You will meet with the attorney-mediator and your spouse in working sessions. On average, parties need 6 sessions. The attorney-mediator will help you understand the law and provide you options for property division, parenting and child and spousal support. Using that information, the attorney-mediator will guide you to an agreement. We are looking for results that you understand and work for you, each other, and your family - both today and for your future.
We work with you to complete the required steps for a California divorce. This includes completing and exchanging your financial disclosures. We use these disclosures to help us reach the agreement.
We will put your agreements together in a final agreement, known as an Marital Settlement Agreement. We submit this to court to become your divorce judgment. You won't have to go to court. Most of our parties finish in less than 6 months.
Our unique process allows us to mediate simple to complex cases for a fraction of a traditional divorce.
We use a structured mediation style that allows you to finish your divorce in more than 50% less time than a traditional divorce.
All required divorce steps and filings are completed in the divorce mediation.
Families First Mediation is a pioneer in the field of divorce mediation. Our entire divorce mediation team takes great pride in being active trainers, divorce mediators and teachers of mediation in the greater California area. If you are considering a collaborative divorce, legal seperation or looking for a san jose divorce lawyer we have services that may be beneficial to you. Take advantage of our vast expertise and background in the field of divorce mediation and our genuine desire to help with your divorce mediation services.
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