Blog: March, 2017 Page 2
Protecting Your Rights in Mediation
Tuesday, March 14, 2017Categories: Divorce Mediation
In mediation, issues that have specific legal guidelines, like child support, will be calculated just as they would be in court (but it's important to know that statutory child support calculations are guidelines - and even though a judge could impose the guideline amount on a spouse, in mediation the couple retains control over the amount of child support). The other issues are completely open for the couple to decide. Unlike a mediator who hears from both spouses, an attorney only hears one side. Attorneys are used to working in a court environment and tend to be limited by what a court might decide. But the needs of your family don't fit into predetermined court-oriented shapes. Customized arrangements can be created in mediation that judges simply do not have the flexibility to come up with - and they'd be the first to tell you.
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Mediation: It's Legally Binding
Wednesday, March 8, 2017Categories: Divorce Mediation
In Virginia, under Virginia Code, a signed mediation agreement is binding and enforceable in the same manner as any other written contract. In mediation, divorcing couples create their own customized, mutually acceptable agreements rather than subject themselves and their children to decisions imposed by a judge.
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