Going through a divorce, or separation, is one of the most stressful things that you can possibly undertake.
Miams Mediation can help. Contact us today and speak to an accredited mediator!
Going through a divorce, or separation, is one of the most stressful activities that you can possibly undertake. Psychologists have shown that any change in a person’s life can lead to stress, particularly splitting from a long term partner.
There will be issues such as contact and custody of children to resolve. In addition to this, you will need to consider financial issues such as the division of assets including the family home and other assets such as shares and pensions.
The consequences of divorce extend beyond the current livelihoods of the people directly involved, and extend to the rest of the family, as well as impacting upon financial considerations.
As part of the service we offer at MIAMS we make the divorce process, and associated mediation, considerably less complex and stressful for all parties concerned.
As well as the inevitable disruption to your personal, and social, life there are also consequences for your children and finances. Children, and other members of the family, are inevitably impacted by the results of divorce.
Mediators are not counsellors or therapists. They will not be able to help you with the emotional, or relationship issues, involved in a divorce.
However, they are trained professionals who are experienced in resolving issues between couples. A mediator is like a good referee at a football match. It is their job to be impartial and not to take one side or another.
The purposes of mediation are to achieve an agreement between a divorcing couple which covers the major areas of dispute between them, particularly as this relates to issues involving children or finances.
This can be either a short, or lengthy, process dependent upon the extent of the issues between the separating couples and their willingness to resolve them.
You will find the mediators at MIAMS to be professional, experienced and friendly and allpart of the family mediation council.
Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMS) and the FM1 form
In such a fraught environment, the first recourse is often to turn to the legal system. Although solicitors and lawyers have their place, as a first intervention their presence can do more harm than good.
Mediation services are the perfect place to start:
Aside from the cost of legal proceedings, which can be extremely heavy, there is the adversarial nature of the process to consider. What seem now to be minor issues can soon snowball to become major legal disputes. In these circumstances you need to think of alternatives.
One course of action is what is known as alternative dispute resolution. In short, there are other ways of resolving grievances other than contacting lawyers. See our mediation fees
Court Form Sign off (C100 / Form A)
MIAMS can help you to understand all the plausible alternatives. A mediation process can help you to resolve your divorce issues quickly and amicably.
So, it makes sense that if you are experiencing problems with your kids, you may want to get in touch with MIAMS mediation service. In fact, the children’s mediation service can help you to resolve the issue of conflict with your children.
Children’s Mediation
Children’s mediation service is the best option to help children resolve conflicts.
You may want to get in touch with a mediation service if you want to avoid family court, which may only serve to escalate the problems between you and your ex-partner.
You may find it helpful to consider the mediation service instead of going to court.
Legal Aid Mediation
Legal aid family mediation is a form of dispute resolution that provides free or low-cost representation to members of the public who qualify for assistance. It is designed to resolve disputes between parties in an alternative, out-of court setting and avoid court proceedings.
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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.