Providing Divorce Mediation Services Throughout California
Providing Divorce Mediation Services Throughout California
Divorce is stressful enough. Work with top divorce mediators Dina & Samira to take control of your case in Long Beach, CA offering the most comprehensive divorce mediation services.
Want to seek a time-efficient and inexpensive divorce in Long Beach, CA? Divorce mediation is the best and most intelligent alternative for the peaceful dissolution of marriage.
Every Long Beach couple who wants to seek a personalized solution and quality agreement can benefit from divorce mediation. Divorce mediation is especially useful if you happen to fall into these categories:
(a)-Married couples (in the divorce process) who are looking to maintain an amicable relationship. (b)-Parents (especially when they have younger children) who have to adhere to strict schedules and can’t make the trip to the courthouse. (c)-Those seeking cost-efficient solutions that keep them in control of their divorce process.
Dina Haddad is the owner and principal of Families First Mediation. She has practiced family law in both Southern and Northern California and completed a doctorate law degree in alternative dispute resolution, with an emphasis in mediation.
Ms. Haddad has successfully helped thousands of Long Beach clients in high conflict and high assets cases. Because of her excellence in mediation and dispute resolution, she was nominated as a ‘super-lawyer’ in California.
Families First Mediation empowers you to remain in control of your divorce rather than putting it into a public atmosphere with a judge. Here are its benefits:
Got any questions? Book your free video consultation with Families First Mediation.
Explore our informative blogs on divorce mediation to make your divorce process easier, faster, and smoother.
In Long Beach, California we are a dedicated team of four professionals serving divorcing and separating couples. We also work directly with financial experts for your divorce. Our collaborative group includes skilled attorney mediators, a financial mediator, a case manager, and a divorce paralegal. We take pride in providing intelligent and uncontested divorce mediation services.
Principal & Founder Attorney-Mediator
Dina Haddad is the founder and principal of Families First Mediation, one of California’s top-rated mediation services.
As an attorney-mediator based in California, Dina has helped countless couples resolve issues related to divorce, legal separation, child custody, spousal support, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements—amicably and effectively.
She earned her post-doctorate law degree in mediation from the renowned Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Dina has practiced family law at some of the most respected firms in both Southern and Northern California. She brings a strong legal background together with a thoughtful, educational approach to mediation—ensuring both parties feel informed, heard, and empowered to reach lasting agreements.
She has served as Judge Pro Tempore for Personal Property Arbitration in Santa Clara County and is a family law mediator with the Agency for Dispute Resolution (ADR), a premier provider of private dispute resolution services.
We will prepare and file the Petition and Response for the divorce or legal separation for you. These papers start your divorce case.
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.
For every divorce and legal separation, you must exchange and complete financial disclosures. We will guide you through them so they are exchanged and done correctly
We will put your agreements together in a final agreement, known as an MSA. We submit this to court to become your divorce judgment.
Explore client stories and reflections on how we’ve made divorce in California simple and stress-free through our mediation process.
Divorce mediation is a non-adversarial process in which the divorce mediator – specially trained for this purpose – helps couples find solutions to issues such as asset and debt division, child and spousal support, and child custody without going to court.
Here are 3 reasons why divorce mediation is the best option in Long Beach:
With Families First Mediation, our clients do not have to appear in court for any reason. We use Zoom for our consultations and sessions.
We use a “shared folder” to upload documents and notes. We will send any forms that require a signature through email.
The number of mediation sessions for couples may vary depending on your case. But, on average, most of our Long Beach (divorcing) couples take 5 —10 sessions to reach a fair settlement. Each session may last for 2 hours.
Yes, unmarried couples, except common law married couples, can use divorce mediation in California to settle their issues.
California State recognizes domestic partnerships, and separating couples can use mediation to settle their issues like married couples.
Yes, a free video consultation is an important first step for both you and your mediator. In fact, 70% of our Long Beach clients said that free consultation was worth their time. Here are its benefits:
These 5 benefits of mediation make it the best option to consider in Long Beach for your divorce:
Follow the following steps to find a qualified divorce mediator near you.
Read our blog “How to find the best mediator” to find the best match.
