Before you consult an attorney to issue summons for divorce, consider mediation. A mediator can assist you and your spouse to find a settlement that works for both of you, saving legal costs and prevent long lasting animosity. Children of mediated divorces most often recover from the effects of divorce without long lasting psychological effects.

• Mediation is much less expensive than a court trial or a series of hearings.
• Most mediations end in a settlement of all of the issues in your divorce.
• Mediation is confidential, with no public record of what goes on in your sessions.
• Mediation allows you to arrive at a resolution based on your own ideas of what is fair in your situation, rather than having a solution imposed upon you based on rigid and impersonal legal principles.