Family Mediations
When a relationship breaks down there are many practical issues to deal with which can be difficult for people to deal with especially when emotions are high.
People will often have to discuss things like;
What will happen to the house?
Where will everyone live?
How to separate finances and assets?
What happens to the pensions?
What are spousal payments?
How much child support payments?
Child care and contact arrangements?
Alpha Beta Mediation’s team of experienced Family Mediators have the experience, skills and expertise to help people to separate their properties and finances and help them make new and lasting child care arrangements.
Our Family Mediators help people arrange all the issues that tie them together when they are no longer a couple. As a private and confidential process Family Mediation is not only good for people who want to make their own arrangements for how they deal with their properties and finances and child arrangements it is also when compared to the alternative contested family court proceedings considerably less public, expensive and less time consuming. It is no wonder therefore that Family Mediation is now the most widely used Alternative Dispute Resolution process for people wanting to resolve their family issues privately themselves.
Family Mediation is a voluntary process so no person is forced to mediate if they do not want to although all people involved in a separation or divorce must attend a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) first before applying to a court for financial relief or child arrangements.
A MIAM is an individual meeting with a Family Mediator in which the issues are outlined and the Family Mediation process explained. A MIAM will last for approximately 45-minutes and at the end of which either substantive Family Mediation meetings will take place or the relevant court application forms will be certificated by our mediators.
A typical all issue [AIM] Family Mediation will include discussions relating to matters of property and finances and all matters relating to child arrangements. A normal AIM Family Mediation will require up to 6 substantive Mediation meetings.
A property and finance [P&F] only Family Mediation is a Family Mediation concerning matters relating to property and finance only. A typical P&F Family Mediation will require up to 4 substantive Mediation meetings.
A child only [CO] Family Mediation is a Family Mediation concerning child arrangements only. A typical CO mediation will require up to 2 substantive mediation meetings.
Alpha Beta Mediation’s substantive Family Mediation meetings last 1.5-hours with Mediation meetings normally taking place every 4 or 5 weeks.
Our professional Family Mediation rates are clear and transparent with no surprises. Legal Aid and the Ministry of Justice Family Mediation voucher scheme is available to those who are eligible.
