What is divorce mediation?

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<span>An experienced family-law attorney, John Spiegel has devoted his practice exclusively to family mediation since 1996. John is a graduate of Yale Law School and has been active as a mediation trainer and presenter in Maryland and nationally. He served in 2003 and 2004 as President of the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR), a statewide ADR practitioners’ organization, and in 2005 – 2008 as President of the Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable, an interdisciplinary professional organization. John has published articles on mediation and law reform issues and has lobbied on behalf of these issues before the Maryland General Assembly. In 2001, he received recognition as a Certified Mediator from MCDR. The father of four children, John views mediation as a continuation of his legal work on behalf of children and families.</span>

What is divorce mediation?

 

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Host: What is divorce mediation?

John Spiegel: Mediation involves problem solving. It involves negotiations in which the two people negotiate, speak directly to each other with the assistance of a neutral facilitator. Neutral facilitator means that the mediator is pledged to be even handed and unbiased. So in mediation, the spouses themselves are the key players, they are not acting through agents. They are not having lawyers speak for them. They speak for themselves.

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