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So mediation is a neutral, voluntary, and confidential process whereby anything that is said in mediation is confidential and cannot be repeated to the judge. The benefits of mediation is either party can make any offers they are free to make and the mediator is not permitted to disclose confidential settlement negotiations to the court.

A lot of cases are resolved in mediation. In mediation you have a neutral third party mediator who doesn’t represent either party and their role in the case is to see if they can reach an agreement or a resolution between the two parties. Mediation is an effective tool to allow the parties to explain

Generally experienced FEMA law attorneys look at trial as a last resort, meaning the parties are always free to resolve their case and they can do so with whatever they think is in their best interest. When you go to trial, you’re going to maybe see the judge two or three times in your entire

The parties are free to agree to a lot of things that the court cannot consider. When parties try to resolve a case, they’re free to think outside the box. They can agree. I love that idea. Thinking outside the box. That’s great. They can agree to things that the court can’t do. When you

Well, there are, in certain cases, alimony can be modifiable. In the state of Florida, unless an agreement says alimony is non-modifiable, any alimony awarded by the court would be modifiable based upon a showing of a substantial change of circumstances. That change of circumstances can be a variety of things. It can be a

Generally, I would recommend showing a rehabilitative plan. What is the cost of schooling to finish your education? How much do you anticipate you’ll be able to earn upon graduating? It really is dictated by the rehabilitative plan to make sure that a party truly is in need of rehabilitative alimony to become self-supporting upon

The other types of alimony are rehabilitative alimony. If one person stopped working during the marriage and wants to get into the workforce, the court can award rehabilitative alimony, which will rehabilitate them to be able to become self-supporting into the workforce. There’s durational alimony, which can be set for, which can be awarded for

If a party is going to use marital assets to pay for normal recurring living expenses during the divorce case, that they should probably keep an accounting and good records of all the money that they’ve used, how much they used and what the money was used for. So that in the event they need

I am a Florida Supreme Court-certified FA mediator. I do mediations for lawyers. I also attend mediations as a lawyer for one of the parties. So I’ve been on both sides of the mediation table, both as a mediator and as a litigator, and I’ve seen firsthand the benefits of the mediation process in highly

Most cases are resolved through the mediation process. Most cases are resolved through the mediation process, given the cost of litigation and the uncertainty of taking a case to trial. While everyone believes that they are right and they’re going to win in trial, no one ultimately knows or can guarantee what a third-party judge