MIAMS Mediation Birmingham North
Why customers have chosen MIAMS Family Mediation – The #1 choice for accredited mediators across the UK
Why customers have chosen MIAMS Family Mediation – The #1 choice for accredited mediators across the UK
Family mediation is a voluntary process in which a neutral third-party mediator assists family members in resolving disputes and reaching mutually acceptable agreements. This process is commonly used in situations involving divorce, separation, child custody, and other family-related conflicts. The mediator facilitates communication, encourages understanding, and helps the parties explore various options without taking sides or making decisions for them.
The goal of family mediation is to create a collaborative and amicable environment where all parties can discuss their concerns and needs, ultimately leading to solutions that are in the best interests of the entire family. By promoting cooperation and reducing hostility, family mediation can often result in more sustainable and satisfactory outcomes compared to adversarial court proceedings.
Divorce and separation can be really hard for a family. Apart from the emotional stress involved, the court proceedings and hearings can be a nightmare.
Solicitors will generally charge a fortune for their services and that is an additional concern to the already over stressful circumstances. Family mediation on the other hand can save you from all this trouble and can pave way for a smooth separation, so that you can part ways from your significant other on cordial terms.
Divorce and separation Mediation North Birmingham gives you practical and mutually beneficial solutions to many problems and disputes.
While going through a divorce there are countless things to consider and numerous disputes to be solved like who gets the ownership of fixed assets, how to divide the financial assets, who gets the custody of the children etc.
Taking these disputes to court only ensures one thing that is an all out war between you and your spouse and the things become bitter between the involved parties.
Needless, to say it leaves you, your spouse, the children and the family members emotionally exhausted. Family mediation can help you settle these disputes in a cordial manner without even entering the court once. Also, hiring a mediator costs much less than hiring a solicitor.
While availing the services of a mediator, you’re the one who is in control. Court hearings are not designed to fit into your schedule and you might have to suffer at work or at other areas while going through a court divorce.
Whereas, with mediation services, you choose when the meeting needs to be scheduled and how many meetings will it take to reach a decision.
Also, you decide what issues needs to be resolved in the mediation meetings and what goes into the mediation agreement.
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Family’s are deeply affected by divorce or separation, especially when there are children in the family. Often these painful situations can be helped with the supportof a mediator who will hold a Mediation Information Assessment Meeting or MIAM. A MIAM can guide communication and set the tone for the goals of mediation.
When attending a court proceeding on the matter, the family will need to present an FM1 (Family Mediation 1 form) which confirms that a MIAM has been held.
As of April 2014, significant changes were made to the judicial system regarding separation and divorces, particularly where children were involved. These changes ensure that the welfare of the children is paramount, with minimal impact on the children and as little negativity as possible. One of the major changes was a requirement for a mediation session or MIAM to be attended before any court proceedings to do with financial or custody matters (hence the need for a FM1 to be produced).
If the split is acrimonious and both parties find it difficult to be in the same room, as would happen with face to face mediation, it is possible to ask for shuttle mediation.
Shuttle sessions happen when the two parties are seated in separate rooms either virtually or physically and the mediator shuttles between the two, discussing issues and offering solutions.
Shuttle mediation is often a good solution with distance between the parties allowing for rational and reasoned thinking.
MIAMS Southport Mediators can also help with will disputes: resolving issues between and coming to an acceptable compromise to the conflict that arises as a result of separation.