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Divorce Mediation
Mediation allows separating and divorcing couples to take control of planning their own lives, and allows them an environment in which to make good decisions about their future. It is especially beneficial for parents, who though separating, will need to continue making joint decisions about their children well into the future. The decision-making process learned in mediation can serve as a model for future communications. Also, mediated settlements have a consistently higher compliance rate because the husband and wife have created their own agreement.
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Save time, money and stress. Divorce mediation can take you from start to finish for a fraction of the time and cost of a litigated divorce process.
Early Neutral Evaluation
Social Early Neutral Evaluation (SENE)
A team of two evaluators, male and female, eliminates perceived gender bias. The evaluators are trained to understand the circumstances surrounding divorce, and provide verbal feedback to the parties about their respective positions. Settlement discussions take place, with the goal of reaching an agreement is likely mirrors that which the court would order.
Financial Early Neutral Evaluation (FENE)
A financial early neutral evaluation involves the same general concept as social early neutral evaluation, but the issues for debate and discussion, naturally, involve finance. Issues handled at an FENE include property valuation, the calculation of non-marital interests, division of assets, division of debts, spousal maintenance, child support and attorney fee awards. Instead of a pair of evaluators, the court will appoint one neutral, with a particular expertise in the financial issues involved in a divorce.
Divorce Coaching
A Divorce Coach works with just one of the parties to assist them in navigating the divorce process to ensure they are addressing all the necessary decisions that need to be made.
A divorce coach:
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helps you make informed decisions about your parenting, lifestyle, family, and social interactions.
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will help you reconstruct emotional boundaries when dealing with your ex-spouse.
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will help you understand your options of the divorce process.
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will help you to find a balance between divorce and moving on with life.
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will help with parenting plans and custody arrangements.
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will provide guidance and direction to help you find the appropriate resources you need.
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helps you manage your emotions.
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assists you to develop goals, etc.
Parenting Time Expediting
The goal of Parenting Time Expeditor is to support individuals and families going through divorce, post-divorce, post-custody-parenting time order in a manner that productively resolves issues and provides the means to move forward.
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Minnesota Statutes Sec. 518.1751, the Parenting Time Expeditor may be empowered to enforce, interpret, and clarify existing parenting time orders or addresses circumstances not specifically addressed by an existing parenting time order. The Parenting Time Expeditor’s role may be defined and/or limited by the parties who request a PTE or by a court that makes a such an appointment on its own. How the Parenting Time Expeditor’s role is defined may often be a product of the types of conflicts that the parents have encountered historically.
