The Advantages of Mediation #1
After having gone through many trials and many mediation sessions on behalf of my clients, I have found advantages and disadvantages to both. Yet when the people I represent settle their cases via mediation, they have expressed several reasons why they appreciated the mediation process.
The mediation process gives you the ability to be flexible. You can take as long or as short as you want. Gather all of your financial information, take the day (and sometimes into the night), roll up your sleeves and get it all completed at one time. In mediation, you have the ability to call people of you have a question: your accountant, bank, realtor, relative. You can be finished and not have the continued anxiety or stress a dragged out legal battle.
The mediation process also allows you to take it slowly. You may meet for a few hours, and if it feels as though it is too much, you can stop and return later. You can purposefully schedule shorter sessions over time so that you can address one or two issues at a time. You may also choose to schedule shorter sessions so that you can leave mediation to obtain more information. Information you may need may be financial, such as whether you can qualify for a refinance, or obtain an appraisal, or check the status of your life insurance. Perhaps you have a legal question. Or, perhaps you need counseling.
Mediation is informal. You may dress comfortably, bring a friend for support, have refreshments, leave the room to stretch your legs. You may take as long as you want to think about an offer, or to consider the solution to an impasse. You get to choose whether you would prefer to be in the same room or in separate rooms.
Mediation's ability to be flexible, then, makes the setting for your discussions work around your needs.
The mediation process gives you the ability to be flexible. You can take as long or as short as you want. Gather all of your financial information, take the day (and sometimes into the night), roll up your sleeves and get it all completed at one time. In mediation, you have the ability to call people of you have a question: your accountant, bank, realtor, relative. You can be finished and not have the continued anxiety or stress a dragged out legal battle.
The mediation process also allows you to take it slowly. You may meet for a few hours, and if it feels as though it is too much, you can stop and return later. You can purposefully schedule shorter sessions over time so that you can address one or two issues at a time. You may also choose to schedule shorter sessions so that you can leave mediation to obtain more information. Information you may need may be financial, such as whether you can qualify for a refinance, or obtain an appraisal, or check the status of your life insurance. Perhaps you have a legal question. Or, perhaps you need counseling.
Mediation is informal. You may dress comfortably, bring a friend for support, have refreshments, leave the room to stretch your legs. You may take as long as you want to think about an offer, or to consider the solution to an impasse. You get to choose whether you would prefer to be in the same room or in separate rooms.
Mediation's ability to be flexible, then, makes the setting for your discussions work around your needs.
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