Mediation and Collaborative Law:

Often during a divorce, parties feel powerless.  Through mediation parties are able to voice their concerns to certain issues and actually get specific agreements as far as division of assets, child support, child custody, etc.

What is Mediation?

Mediation is a process whereby a neutral and impartial third person acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution of a dispute without proscribing what the resolution should be. It is an informal and non-adversarial process intended to help disputing parties reach a mutually acceptable agreement.

Mediation can be the least adversarial and the least expensive method of separation and divorce. With our mediator the decision making authority rests with you and you alone. Parties are more inclined to follow the decisions reached in mediation because they made those decisions based on their own knowledge of the circumstances and experience. Mediation is faster, simpler, cheaper, and more private. There are no losers in divorce mediations.  Absent specific circumstances, all divorce cases must go through mediation prior to a final hearing regardless of whether or not you have hired an attorney.

Advantages to Mediating your Divorce:

• Affordable - Mediation will cost less than Litigation
• Efficient - The mediation process can usually settle disputes within a few sessions. Most mediations conclude or settle within 30 days from the initiating process.  
• Effective - Mediation statistically settles over 80% of initiated disputes.  
• Informal - The process of Mediation is flexible and informal.   It is not necessary to have an attorney represent you during the mediation process.  
• Empowering - Disputing parties are directly engaged in the negotiation of their settlement.  
• Confidential - Information disclosed during mediation may not be divulged as evidence in any trial or judicial proceeding.  

Call The Switlyk Law Firm, P.A. today to learn more about our affordable and highly effective mediation services.  Serving the Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida areas!