A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about Mediation Advocacy for Family Law Lawyers. It was in support of lawyers attending mediation and how lawyers could and should support it. Since then, I’ve had call...
Apr
2022
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Mar
2022
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Can promoting mediation advocacy and lawyer participation be a reality in family law? I’d like to think so. The Adrgroup.co.uk offers a training program that caught my eye today on Mediation Adv...
Feb
2020
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The short answer – NO. I hear this all of the time, “we aren’t on the same page so mediation won’t work” or”my lawyer told me I shouldn’t mediate because we are so ...
Jun
2018
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On May 22, 2018 Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould tabled Bill C-78. This Bill looks to make changes to the Divorce Act, an Act that has not seen changes in 20 years. Don’t mistake these changes fo...
Feb
2018
27
It’s fundamental to the divorce mediation process that you make informed decisions. The mediation process provides you with the opportunity to make decisions that work for your family, however there a...
Jan
2018
12
Divorce is a big commitment. It’s January, the month that has been labeled “divorce month” so it makes sense to talk about just that, divorce and the commitment it takes to move forward with it. One d...
Dec
2017
12
This is your divorce, I shouldn’t have to even ask this question. This blog stems from things that I hear daily in my mediation practice. It’s a frustration for me both personally and professionally a...
Feb
2017
10
LGBTQ families and Divorce Mediation – Support for ALL families. I had an interesting comment conveyed to me the other day and it got me thinking – yes even on a Friday 🙂 I was reviewing a flyer...
Jan
2015
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Have you been divorced before? If not, you probably don’t know where to start or what to do! That is not uncommon. Divorce – You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know I was sitting in the...
Sep
2014
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We hear it all of the time in the Divorce Industry – decisions should be made in the ‘Best interests of the Children”. Seems rather obvious right?
You and the other parent may have different opinions of what decisions are in your children’s best interest. You don’t agree and that’s ok. You were always going to disagree on some aspects of parenting even if you had stayed together.
You can both be looking out for your children’s best interests but believe that can be obtained in different ways. That doesn’t make either of your right or wrong, it’s just life.
Separation is change and how you manage it will dictate how successfully your children will get through it.