Overview
of Mediation
Mediation is an alternative means of settling disputes that can save
you thousands of dollars and many hours spent in protected litigation.
In family law
disputes, mediation is often preferred over litigation because it facilitates future
communication between the parties which is necessary when the future of the children is at
stake. Mediation of family disputes as a means of dispute settlement has been growing
rapidly throughout the country. By settling your dispute through mediation and then filing your own
legal documents as a pro se litigant using the legal forms in this website, you
can save thousands of dollars in legal fees.
You can even mediate your
dispute on-line. During the past year several services have
evolved which will enable you to mediate your dispute on-line using
collaborative software over the Internet. See for example, The Center
for On-Line Mediation.
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