Mediation
Indiana mediation attorneys based in Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana
Mediation LAWYERS FISHERS HAMILTON COUNTY INDIANA
Resolve Your Family Disputes with Less Stress and More Control
Mediation is a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution used to help parties resolve legal disputes without the need for a courtroom confrontation. Many judges require parties to attend mediation before their family law case can proceed to trial. Mediators do not have the authority to decide the outcome of the case, but work with the parties and their attorneys to reach a negotiated compromise. When this happens, the parties have more control over the outcome, and the agreement may be more detailed than a court-decided order. Typically, this reduces the stress, fear, and expense of litigation.
Mediation involves the parties, their attorneys, and the mediator. Mediators do not represent or provide legal advice to either party, they facilitate negotiation. The attorneys may offer legal advice, advocate for their client’s objectives, and revise the mediated settlement agreement.
Jack Freedman is a registered family law mediator and a certified family law specialist, as certified by the Indiana State Bar Association Family Law Certification Board. He will use his decades of experience to guide parties through the process of reaching a legal agreement.
Freedman Law, P.C. offers a wide range of family law mediation services. We can help if your case involves divorce, custody, parenting time, child support, paternity, adoption, grandparent or other third-party custody or visitation
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Mediation PROCESSES & PROCEDURES
How Mediation Works
- Before the day of mediation, each party may submit a confidential mediation statement to the mediator.
- On the day of mediation, each party will be in a separate room, with the mediator alternating back and forth between rooms. This can be done in-person or remotely.
- Each party will have the opportunity to share their situation and concerns with the mediator.
- The mediator will confer and negotiate with each party on their positions to try to reach a mutual agreement.
- Mediation can sometimes be a lengthy process. In most cases, mediation is completed within a day. In rare cases, multiple sessions may be needed.
- If the parties reach an agreement, the mediator will prepare the agreement and submit it to the court for approval. You will have the opportunity to review the agreement with your attorney and sign it before the mediator submits it to the court.
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Disclaimer: The results provided are not necessarily representative of the results or of the experience of all clients or others with the lawyer/firm. Every case is different, and each client’s case must be evaluated and handled on its own merits.
