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FAMILY MEDIATION

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What is Family mediation?

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Family mediation is a voluntary, confidential process where a trained, neutral third party—the family mediator—helps people in conflict (usually separating or divorcing couples, but sometimes siblings or extended family members) reach agreements about practical issues​

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The aim is to find solutions that work for everyone involved, especially children, without going to court.

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What are the key features of Family mediation? 

  • ✅ Voluntary – You choose to take part; it’s never forced

  • ✅ Impartial – The mediator doesn’t take sides or make decisions

  • ✅ Confidential – Discussions stay private (with a few legal exceptions)

  • ✅ Future-focused – Mediation helps you move forward, not rehash the past

  • ✅ More affordable and quicker than going through court

  • ✅ Child-centred – Always considers the best interests of the children​

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Is Family mediation legally binding? ​

The agreements you reach in mediation can be made legally binding with the help of a solicitor or through a court order by consent.​

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Why use family mediation?

Family mediation is one of the non court dispute resolution. (NCDR)

It allows those who wish to divorce or separate to do so in better conditions, while maintaining control of the process, reducing conflicts, and maintaining dialogue.

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Family mediation prepares for post-divorce and helps ensure that co-parenting is done smoothly.

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It also allows the couple to find solutions together that suit the whole family.

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What is my role as a family mediator?

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✅offer you a safe space for discussion, 

✅maintain communication 

✅ help re-establish the communication

✅  make sure that you move forward, that you progress in your discussions

✅ prevent you from falling back into your bad habits,

✅ reminding you to be mindful and respectful of each other

✅not here to give you legal advice,

✅can give you some general legal information. ​

✅a neutral third party.

 

IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND THE SOLUTION

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I'm just providing you with the framework to find it.

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What does family mediation cover?

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  • Child arrangements (where children live, when they see each parent, decisions about schooling, etc.)

  • Finances (division of assets, maintenance payments, budgeting after separation)

  • Property (what happens to the family home or other shared property)

  • Wider family issues (e.g. inheritance disputes, caring for elderly relatives, or grandparent contact)

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