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* Meet with your attorney to review issues you should address in mediation. * Discuss the issues the other party may raise; ask your attorney how to answer these issues and for alternative solutions. * Ask your attorney about the mediator's techniques (e.g., searching for common goals, focusing on the child, or role-playing) * These are the main things you should focus on in mediation: * The goal is to determine what is best for the child. * To achieve the desired outcome, you must convince the other party and the mediator that your suggestions are truly in the child's best interest. * You should be prepared to explain why the issues you want addressed in mediation are vital to the child's best interest. * Mediate in good faith (no secret agendas). * Mediation is not the place to make the other party look bad. * You should not buy into the other party's hostility or accusations about issues unrelated to the child; You should tell the other party (in front of the mediator) that you there to talk about co-parenting, not why the marriage failed.
* If the parents have different perceptions about the child's wants, you should ask the mediator to meet with the child (assuming the mediator has not already announced plans to do so). * If the child is old enough to understand, discuss your plans with the child so that the child feels like he or she is part of the process and is not being ignored. (This is particularly important for teenagers.) * Be prepared to correct any misperceptions by the other party regarding the client's household, the needs of the child, or you r ability to parent. * If you are anxious about the mediation process, consider role-playing the mediation with your attorney or someone else who has been through the process. * Find out if information revealed in mediation is not confidential and may be reported to the court. Talk to your attorney on how to avoid topics that may prove detrimental (such as, "This topic is not relevant to the child."). * Take notes during mediation so you can give your attorney a written summary of important statements made by the other party, yourself, and the mediator. * Do not to sign any documents produced during the mediation session until your attorney has reviewed them.
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Mediation should be required in medical malpractice lawsuits.?
Mediation should be required in medical malpractice lawsuits.
When a case goes to mediation should the defendants in the case choose the mediator and where the mediation is heldlike at their own offices?
The parties should jointly select the mediator and the location of mediation.
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(someone) actually everyone should defenetly be thankful for there family because they mostly respect you,care for you and you receive love from them!:)
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It should not be a problem. Someone has to be second. It makes you strive to be better. Or it should.
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What are the steps in the Mediation Process?
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When should I use mediation to resolve a dispute?
If both parties agree, certainly! If you look at many business contracts, most of them now include a mediation clause, requiring the parties to go to mediation before they can bring a law suit.
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Mediation in Family Law-What is the Lawyers role?
* Determine the identity of the mediator(s). * Consider whether the mediator's experience is relevant to the issues in your case, e.g., a mental health professional for a case with complex psychological issues, a lawyer for a case with complex financial issues. * Determine (from your own experience or by talking to others) whether the mediator has any biases that may be relevant to the case or a relationship with opposing counsel that could adversely affect your client. If so, seek to change mediators if that is possible. * If the issues of the case are too complex to be addressed in the usual number of mediation sessions, tell the mediator beforehand. * Ask the mediator whether all communications to him or her should be copied to opposing counsel and whether he or she will speak to you on the phone. * If there are declarations, affidavits, or orders filed with the court that are important to the mediation, make sure they are made available to the mediator. * Find out whether the mediator will be asking your client to sign any waivers or releases and advise the client accordingly. * Be cautious about allowing your client to waive psychotherapist privilege (his or her own, or the child's). * If necessary--if the client or other party is uncomfortable without it--develop a specific co-parenting plan that the parties can follow prior to mediation. * Discuss the mediation process with the client. (See "Mediation in Family Law-What should someone know?" checklist [mediated].) * If the mediator is a mental health professional who is not experienced at crafting agreements, seek to draft the final agreement yourself, or have your client present a detailed plan for co-parenting at the mediation session.
