Often times when you hear about divorce mediation as an alternative to hiring lawyers and going through the court system for your divorce, there’s this belief that you have to choose mediation at the start of your divorce. It’s really a misconception out there and it’s not true. You can choose to take your divorce case to a mediator at any stage in the process. In other words, “It’s never to late to mediate.”
If you’ve spent many months or years stuck in court litigation with your ex-spouse, are tired of the constant delays, skyrocketing legal bills, nasty communications sent back and forth between the attorneys with no resolution from the court, mediation is an alternative to strongly consider. You may be surprised to see how quickly your case can be resolved if you and your ex-spouse agree to take your case to a mediator without your attorneys. I personally witnessed it happen so many times in my career as a divorce litigator where my clients would get so caught up in the constant ratcheting up of intensity/hostility in court with all of the nasty communications sent between attorneys, the threats of sanctions if things weren’t done, that they couldn’t see clearly enough to get to a settlement of their case. In many cases, what my clients didn’t realize was that their ex-spouse on the other side would often have the same feelings about the case and the situation they were in. They didn’t realize that, if they could each take a step back and communicate directly with an objective, neutral, skilled mediator guiding the discussions, they could have productive negotiations towards a settlement in a very short period of time. For both my clients that took that step to mediation during their divorce and for those who hired me as a mediator after their cases had dragged on an on in the court system, they were extremely surprised at how quickly and relatively easy a settlement was reached in mediation, regardless of what stage their case was at.
So, if you’re finding yourself in a difficult divorce case that appears to be dragging on with no end in sight, if you’re tired of the court system and it’s constant delays and want to consider a cost-effective alternative to the never-ending court process, contact me at (949) 649-4246 or check out our website at cadivorcemediationcenter.com. Remember, “It’s never too late to mediate.”