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 Morgan Hill, CA offering the most comprehensive divorce mediation services.
Want to seek a time-efficient and inexpensive divorce in Morgan Hill, CA? Divorce mediation is the best and most intelligent alternative for the peaceful dissolution of marriage.
Are you the best candidate for Divorce Mediation in Morgan Hill, CA?
Every 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.
Why Mediate in Morgan Hill?
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:
Who is Dina Haddad? Why is she the client’s first choice in Morgan Hill, CA?
Dina Haddad is the owner and principal of Families First Mediation. She has practised 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 Morgan Hill divorcing couples 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.
Thus, her excellence and professionalism in helping divorcing couples have made her client’s first choice on the reputed platform “Avvo”.
Explore our informative blogs on divorce mediation to make your divorce process easier, faster, and smoother.
At Families First Mediation, we’ve been serving couples in Morgan Hill and California with compassionate and intelligent divorce mediation services. We are a team of four professionals. Our group includes attorney mediators, a paralegal,and a case manager.
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.
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.
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 without going to court regarding the following issues:
Families First Mediation mediators take on the following roles:
No, mediation is not mandatory for divorce in Morgan Hill, CA. However, a few family court counties require custody mediation before you have a court hearing on custody.
Mediation is a great tool to navigate your divorce effectively, and should be considered as a first option before pursuing traditional options like litigation.
Here are 2 reasons why divorce mediation is the best option in Morgan Hill:
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.
Usually, mediation takes place in a neutral setting where spouses may communicate effectively.
Below are the settings where mediation takes place:
These 5 benefits of mediation make it the best option in Morgan Hill:
Yes, you can leave mediation anytime! It’s a voluntary process, unlike the court hearings. If you feel a biased environment or mediator, you can leave it and try other mediators or alternate dispute resolution methods.
However, it would only be best to leave mediation once you reach an agreement with your husband or wife on all divorce matters.
