Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media So, who pays for the cost of a divorce mediation? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY Great question. Common sense. If we have a house husband or a housewife and they’ve been taking care of their kids, maybe the most important job either one has, […]
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media How many different meetings usually occur in a divorce mediation? Does it get resolved in the second time, third time, first time, what? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY Well, there’s several different modalities. Some divorce mediators believe in three-to-four-hour sessions. That developed because you
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media You’ve mentioned a couple of costs of that. Is it just based upon hours and that’s how it, it’s not based upon any sliding scale with the assets, it’s just based upon your hourly rate, is that correct? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY It’s
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Is a divorce mediation agreement a binding agreement? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY Yes, a divorce mediation agreement is essentially the exact same document that in a non-mediation case the lawyers would be preparing. In some states we call it a marital settlement agreement,
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media So, it sounds like if it’s uncontested, they hire you as a divorce mediator, they don’t have to appear in court at all. Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY Yes, generally that’s the case. Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Wow. So, are those, whatever
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media So, is divorce mediation, is it voluntary, as we just discussed, or is it court mandated? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY That’s changed over the years. Up until recently, New York didn’t have any mandated divorce mediation process. Florida, on the other hand, has
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media If one of the parties, either spouses, says, I object to you having a lawyer there, then the other person cannot bring a lawyer, is that correct? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY Mediation, yes, mediation is all about self-empowerment of the spouses, not the
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Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY That’s because mediation has to be confidential, you know, if the couple’s going to think, well, if I say something here it’s going to be thrown up to me in court six months from now at the mediation. Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media So,
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media The invasiveness of a regular divorce kind of explains why divorce mediation might be an option. You know, obviously, does it stay away from all those invasive issues regarding regular divorce? Are those the differences? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY Well, I would say
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, it sounds like those, the couple, each party has to have some level of trust in the mediator before things may or may not work out in the end. But I think that’s part of the beginning process, wouldn’t it be? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney –
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