CONNECTICUT DIVORCE MEDIATION LAWYER

Couple reviewing documents with divorce lawyer Collaboration Instead of Litigation. Mediation is a way for divorcing spouses to work together and settle their differences through mutual agreement instead of fighting each other. Divorce through mediation lets couples significantly reduce the expense and emotional difficulty of a contested divorce.

Our mediation services include meeting with both spouses together to resolve all aspects of the divorce, including custody, visitation and child support; division of real estate, bank accounts, and retirement accounts; alimony; and division of credit card debt. We present options, write up settlement proposals, complete the required court forms, and accompany you to court to finalize your divorce.

Divorce by mediation can take as little as 35 days and sometimes can be accomplished by just sending papers to court without the need to appear in person. Call us at 860 236-9350 for a free initial consultation with you and your spouse to see if mediation can work for you.

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HOW DOES DIVORCE MEDIATION WORK?

Attorney John Serrano provides our mediation services. Attorney Serrano will meet with both spouses together and explain the Connecticut divorce court process. He will explain what must be covered in a divorce agreement for it to be accepted by the court. He will ask what each spouse is looking for, exchange that information with the other spouse, and work with both spouses to try and reach an agreement.

Mediation is an open, transparent process in which both spouses are involved in all communications. Attorney Serrano will meet with both spouses together. Any information given to Attorney Serrano by one spouse will be given to the other spouse.

IS MEDIATION RIGHT FOR YOU?

Husband and wife in conflict For mediation to succeed, both spouses must be able to:

Explain what he or she wants for the terms of the divorce.
Set aside anger in order to rationally discuss issues.
Listen to each other.
Be willing to compromise.

Attorney Serrano will explain the law and may offer suggestions as the spouses work together to reach agreement on all the issues of their divorce. Each spouse will be free to consult his or her own attorney to review any proposed agreement. Attorney Serrano will not represent either spouse or give legal advice but instead will serve as a neutral, informed sounding board to assist the spouses to communicate with each other and collaborate on reaching a final settlement. When it may be necessary or helpful, Attorney Serrano will recommend professionals, such as appraisers, accountants or child psychologists, to assist the parties in evaluating their situation.

Once an agreement is reached, Attorney Serrano will prepare the agreement in writing in a format acceptable to the court. He will also assist the parties in preparing financial affidavits and other forms required by the divorce court. He will go to court with the parties to present their agreement to the judge. Attorney Serrano charges an hourly fee for his mediation services. An initial lump sum payment to cover several hours of work will be required.

Even when both spouses have lawyers, most divorce cases are resolved with an agreement. Mediation is not for everyone. But for couples who can work together it provides a less expensive, quicker and calmer way for them to finalize the terms of their divorce and move on with their lives.

ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN DIVORCE MEDIATION

Legal Custody. How will you make the major decisions in your children's lives in regard to things such as education, religious upbringing, and choice of medical providers? Joint legal custody might be the best option if you can cooperate in this areas. Or you may agree it would be best to have one parent make the final decisions in these areas.
Physical Custody and Visitation. Will your children live primarily with one parent or share approximately equal time with both parents? If your children live primarily with one parent, will the other parent have the typical visitation schedule of alternating weekends and one or two evenings during the week or will another arrangement work better? Do you have to spell out specific visitation periods? How will you handle transportation for visitation? How will your arrange for time with the children during holidays? How will you handle summer vacations with the children?
Child Support. How much child support will be paid? Will it be paid directly or be a paycheck deduction? How will you pay for child care?
College. How will you help your children pay for college? Do you want to settle this at the time of divorce or wait until the children are ready to start college?
Health Insurance. How will you pay for health insurance? How will you divide medical expenses for the children that are not covered by health insurance?
Alimony. Will there be any alimony payments? If so, in what amount and for how long? Can the amount be changed in the future?
Home and Other Real Estate. If you own your home or other real estate, will you sell it or will one of you keep it? How will you divide the equity if real estate is sold? If one of you will keeps the home, how will you divide any equity in the home? How will you decide how much your real estate is worth?
Bank Accounts. How will you divide your bank accounts?
Pensions. How will you divide any pensions or other retirement accounts?
Credit Card and Other Debt. How will you divide credit card and other debt?

Mediación • Mediação

Abogado Serrano y su personal hablan Español.
Advogado Serrano e seu pessoal falam Português.

Como alternativa a un divorcio adversarial, proporcionamos una mediación para ayudar a las parejas divorciadas a trabajar juntas para llegar a un acuerdo mutuo, reduciendo así los gastos y los conflictos emocionales.

Nuestros servicios de mediación incluyen reuniones con ambos cónyuges para resolver todos los aspectos del divorcio, incluida la custodia, las visitas y la manutención de los hijos; pago de los gastos de la universidad de los niños; división de bienes inmuebles, cuentas bancarias, bienes personales, pensiones y otras cuentas de jubilación; división de la deuda de tarjetas de crédito; y la pensión alimenticia.

Presentamos opciones para su consideración, redactamos propuestas de acuerdos, completamos los formularios de la corte requeridos con su informacion y lo acompañamos a la corte para presentar su acuerdo al juez y finalizar su divorcio.

Llame para una cita gratuita para ver si podemos ayudarlo.

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