- 1. You Want to Avoid Conflict.
If both spouses are ready to cooperate to achieve a reasonable settlement, mediation is the best ADR to settle your divorce matters outside the courtroom.
- 2. When You Need Privacy.
Mediation does not disclose any personal information, keeping everything purely confidential. Conversely, court divorce cases become public documents which open up a multitude of private information.
- 3. You Want a Quicker and Inexpensive Divorce.
Contested cases can stretch for months and, in some instances, even years, chasing deadlines along the way, resulting in high legal expenses. On the Other hand, divorce mediation is time friendly and far less costly than litigation and recommended when you want a quick and less expensive divorce.
- 4.When You Want Good Post-Divorce Relationships.
Mediation has higher success rates than divorce litigation as in a mediated divorce chances of recurrence of litigation is little. For families with children, going to court increases conflict, which is not ideal when there is a parent-child relationship.
- 5. When You Want to Decide Your Own Matters.
Mediation is for those couples who want to control divorce themselves rather than a third party judge, which allows them to decide their matters in accordance with their needs.
- 6. If Child’s Well Being is part of Divorce Goals.
Since divorce mediation involves little parental conflict compared to divorce litigation, it helps divorcing parties and their children to adjust and adapt to transition.
