George telephoned Family Matters to make and pay for an appointment. He worked part time as a plumber as he had care of the children. He was coming to mediation to talk about arrangements for a holiday. His parents wanted to take him and the children abroad for a holiday. He and his ex could not agree about the dates. George wanted to apply to court for it to decide. He didn’t … [Read more...]
Case Studies
Arrangements about money and legal aid
Annabelle rang Family Matters to ask about coming to mediation to talk about and decide what would happen about finances. She and Paul had separated two years ago and could not afford to go to solicitors to divorce and sort the finances out . She was living in the house with the children, Paul had moved out and was living in rented accommodation. They were in a lot of debt. They owned the house … [Read more...]
Online mediation about four-year-old child
Angela and Joseph came to Family Matters Mediation for online mediation about their son a year after separating. They set a clear agenda that was focused on their son’s needs. Through their conversations in mediation, they addressed how their communication and previous arrangements, where their son spent most weekends with alternate parents, had created significant … [Read more...]
Joe and Amy use online shuttle mediation to sort finances
Joe and Amy came to mediation to agree the arrangements about finances following their decision to separate. They each had teachers’ pensions and needed to agree the arrangements about the family house. They took part in three online mediation meetings. The meetings were in shuttle, which means each person was in a separate online meeting room and the mediator moved between them. The financial … [Read more...]
Shaun and Alicia from Newark mediating about finances and children.
Shaun and Alicia came to mediation after going through the court process for two years. They both had solicitor bills that they were worried about. Alicia had changed solicitor recently and they had suggested trying mediation. Alicia was very doubtful mediation would help but came to her initial information meeting and said: “I immediately felt better and felt that I knew more about what was … [Read more...]
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