1. South Bay
Mediation
A Better Divorce

2. Divorce is a painful
process made worse by
the emotional and
financial damage of a
legal battle.
Mediation lets couples
discover solutions that
maintain everyone's
dignity while working
through this difficult
event, ultimately
allowing everyone to
get on with their lives.
There is a
better way…

3. Children First
Children suffer when parents
separate. The more conflict between
parents, the worse it is for the
children! Participating in Family
Mediation is a unique opportunity for
parents to craft an agreement that
puts the children’s needs first. Doing
so can help to avoid trauma children
can experience with a bad separation
and a bad post-separation
relationship.

4. What is Fair?
Let's be honest, if you are in a
conflict, legal or otherwise, you
and those you are in conflict with
probably have a different view of
a "fair" outcome. While anger,
resentment, and a desire for
retribution are natural, they are
not the best guides when
otherwise reasonable adults are
seeking to resolve a dispute.
Mediation recognizes the need to
find solutions that all parties can
live with.

5. In mediation, the divorcing couple decide
what is fair based on all of the factors
involved. Individual concerns regarding
family relationships, emotional strain,
religious belief, personal values and the
impact on children are all areas open for
discussion in mediation. Only YOU can
decide what's right for YOU.

6. Family Friendly
Studies have proven time after time
that mediated agreements are
followed by parents years later,
whereas court orders are often ignored
or fought about frequently and
repeatedly, leading to further upheaval,
time wasted in a courthouse, and costly
court/attorney’s fees.
What’s more, mediation allows parents
the time to focus on their family’s
specific needs and challenges. Courts
are so clogged that they can only give
each case a limited amount of time and
often make orders that do not match
with the family’s circumstances and
requests.

7. We Understand Your Child’s Needs

8. Less Stress…
Mediation provides a less stressful
process for those who have decided
divorce is their only option.
Military families, like all others, face
the difficulties of maintaining a
marriage in our modern world and in
the midst of a suffering economy and
high unemployment. In addition,
military families must cope with the
daunting stresses that deployment and
long periods of separation have on a
marriage. As proud as we are of our
military families and the resilience they
demonstrate, marital dissolution is a
reality that cannot always be avoided.

9. We Respect Your Family Values In
The Divorce Process

10. Mediation
Advantages
• MEDIATION SAVES MONEY
• MEDIATION IS BETTER FOR CHILDREN
• TIME EFFICIENT
• YOU RETAIN CONTROL
• CONFIDENTIAL
• DIGNIFIED
• ANIMOSITY? ...OK
• SEPARATE ROOMS? ...OK
• YOUR SCHEDULE
• SAFE
• NEUTRAL
• ATTORNEYS ALLOWED
• CUSTOM SESSIONS
• ONE STOP SHOP
• FUTURE
Parties who resolve their matters in
mediation often return to mediation for a
safe and familiar environment in which to
resolve any issues that arise in the future.

11. Our Process
Initiates Healing
And Helps You
Move Forward