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DOLLY HINCKLEY
Divorce Mediation Associates

FAMILY & DIVORCE MEDIATION FACTS

Q. What is Divorce Mediation?

Divorce mediation is an enlightened way to resolve financial and parenting issues when couples make the difficult wrenching decision to separate and divorce. The cooperative mediation approach seeks to minimize an adversarial process; Dolly is a trained and skilled mediator who helps people decide on a parenting plan, division of marital property, family support and other issues that will become the basis for a formal separation agreement or a divorce document.

Who can use Divorce Mediation?

You, if you want control over the decisions affecting your life.

You, if you want cooperative, long term family solutions, focusing on the future for yourself and your children.

You, if you want to avoid lawyer-driven or court ordered decisions.

You, if you want to reduce the time, stress, and expense of a divorce.

What is the Mediator’s role?

Dolly is a neutral third party who provides a confidential environment in which you can make decisions. She helps you reach an agreement, but does not impose a settlement. She cannot provide counseling or give legal advice; she can provide you with a legal education by sharing her knowledge of current divorce law and by providing you with various guidelines in the initial meeting. She can then help you generate options that might work for you.

What is the Attorney’s role?

You may each have an attorney at any time during, or after, the mediation process, or one attorney may be used to prepare the legal documents; he or she would not represent either of you In that event, the attorney fee is very reasonable.

What issues may be covered in Mediation?

                     A parenting plan and child support.
                     Division of marital assets and liabilities.

                    What are the advantages of Mediation?

You can save time and money.

You can focus on preserving both parents’ relationship with their children through a personalized parenting plan.

You can decide how to restructure your finances in a fair and equitable way.

You can avoid the trauma and extended duration of litigation.

You are in charge of the agreements you reach.

How long is a typical Mediation?

In general, mediation is a short term process, usually lasting about five to seven hours. If there are no children, the time is shorter.
Depending on the sessions’ mutually agreed upon schedule, work can be completed in four to six weeks.

What does a Mediation cost?

                         The average cost of mediation can be far less than the cost of litigation. Mediation fees are based on a sliding scale, and you
                         share them in a manner that you decide.   The fee for the first informational orientation session  is $55.00 and is also shared.
                         The mediation fee are determined, on a sliding scale from  $80 to $140 per hour, according to combined  incomes.

What happens when the mediation is completed?

The decisions you have made are put into a Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum is then submitted, after your review, to your selected attorney(s) who will complete the required divorce or separation forms.

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