There are many reasons people choose to come to family mediation.
- Fair and balanced approach to crucial decision making
- Increase your chances of coming to mutual agreements without the costs of lawyers
- Establish realistic communication channels where perhaps they had been severed
- The family court will not hear your case unless you have made a genuine attempt at mediation (in some cases the mediator may decide that mediation is not appropriate and issue a section 60I Certificate which represents this. This can then be used to go to court).
- Parenting plans
- Child support arrangements
- Financial and property settlement arrangements