Grandparent Child Access Peterborough

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Grandparent Child Access – MIAMS Family mediation Peterborough

Grandparents play a special role in a child’s life. They provide love, support, and guidance that can make a significant impact on a child’s development. However, disagreements between parents can sometimes result in limited or no contact between grandparents and grandchildren. In such cases, mediation provides a valuable alternative to court proceedings.

If you’re looking for support in accessing your grandchild, MIAMS Family Mediation in Peterborough is here to help. Our services can help you to solve disputes effectively and bring a positive outcome for everyone involved.

What is Grandparent Child Access Mediation?

Grandparent child access mediation is a process of dispute resolution that involves a trained mediator helping parties to reach an agreement on child arrangements that will benefit the child. At MIAMS Family Mediation, our mediators will work with both parties to help them identify their concerns and clarify the issues in dispute. Then, we will help them to identify options and negotiate a mutually acceptable solution. Our mediators will ensure that the solution is in the child’s best interests and is practical in terms of the parties’ needs and abilities.

Benefits of Grandparent Child Access Mediation

When you choose MIAMS for grandparent-child access mediation, you will enjoy several benefits, including:

  1. Cost-Effective: Mediation is a more affordable option for resolving disputes compared to court proceedings.
  2. Confidential: Mediation offers a discreet and confidential alternative to the public nature of court proceedings. It allows parties to resolve their disputes privately while maintaining the utmost confidentiality.
  3. Faster Resolution: Mediation generally takes less time compared to court proceedings, which can drag on for months or even years.
  4. Less Confrontational: Mediation promotes a non-confrontational approach to resolving disputes, and parties maintain a good relationship after the process is completed, unlike court proceedings.
  5. Child-Focused: Mediation helps parents to focus on the child’s needs and best interests, promoting a positive outcome for all involved.

MIAMS family mediation in Peterborough can help

Grandparent child access mediation is an effective way to resolve disputes relating to contact with your grandchildren. MIAMS Family Mediation in Peterborough provides a unique and confidential service that can help you achieve a positive outcome that benefits everyone involved. By choosing MIAMS Family Mediation, you can expect a cost-effective, practical, and non-confrontational approach to resolving disputes. Book an appointment with our team today for a solution that works for all parties involved.

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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 aid of a mediator who will hold a  Mediation Intake Assessment Meeting or MIAM. MIAMs can soothe ruffled feelings and ensure that communal assets are divided equally, make sure that financial obligations of both parents are laid out and help to make the break as easy as possible for all the members of the family.

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 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.

Mediation sessions are now a legal requirement, and your ex’s lawyer will make this clear to him or her.

Offering shuttle mediation, in which they will not have to share a room while coming to an agreement, is sometimes a way to make the thought of mediation more palatable.

Mediators can also help with will disputes: resolving issues between heirs and coming to an acceptable compromise in the event that the will is ambiguous or unclearly worded.

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