Staying Focused During Mediation in Staten Island
Video Transcript
Staten Island mediation sessions move fastest when both spouses stay focused on the practical terms — support, property, and custody — rather than relitigating the marriage. A skilled mediator will redirect the conversation before it stalls.
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
I’ve been involved in a number of settlement conferences, mediations, in a number of civil cases over decades, and they’re scheduled for all day. I really appreciate you setting up a schedule of an hour and a half. What I have found was that it’s a complete waste of time, literally until about 4:30 in the afternoon, and then from 4:30 to 5 o’clock all of a sudden everybody’s negotiating. It’s ridiculous. So I appreciate you setting up an hour and a half schedule because many times it’s a waste of time before that.
Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Staten Island, New York
And we all want to focus in on important issues. And human nature is funny. But if you start having 10 different issues, and we’re going all over the place on a day you get lost or disputes arise, let’s keep it focused. What’s today’s session going to be about? Whether the kids should go to this high school, private high school, or public high school, what are we doing about that extracurricular?
And if you focus in, you can usually accomplish a tremendous amount in an hour and a half.