YS Mediation highlights the benefits of divorce mediation (excerpt):
Couples have the opportunity to let go of the old way of handling marital separation and divorce by embracing mediation, which is a simple and cost effective way to handle the division of your assets while maintaining good will with everyone involved. Divorce mediation is the solution […]

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The Wall Street Journal shows the benefits of divorce mediation, leapfrogging from the news that Robin Williams and his wife, Marcia Garces Williams, were divorcing.
Stephanie Coontz writes (excerpt):
There is ample evidence that we can increase the incidence of “good” divorces. In a 12-year follow-up of couples randomly assigned to either mediation or litigated divorce, Robert […]

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Newsday shows how divorce mediation can “avoid the circus that you see in the Brinkley case” [involving Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook]. Divorce mediation–especially mediation of custody disputes–can control costs, maintain privacy, limit conflict, and promote relationships and shared goals.
Michael Rothfield and Melanie Lefkowitz write (excerpt):
“It puts a premium on digging up dirt on […]

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The Grand Forks Herald reveals the appeal of divorce mediation.
Janell Cole writes (excerpt):
“Mediation can be successful because its focus is on the strengths each person has as a parent and on the joint goals and aspirations parents have for their children,” state Court Administrator Sally Holewa told a legislative committee June 24.
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In mediation, one of […]

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