Because family law matters are, by nature, overly emotional, the parties involved in these disputes tend to want to “win at all costs” in order to exact some semblance of revenge on the other party. I always tell my clients that while I do my absolute best to represent and protect their best interests and those of their children, they must disregard this notion of “exacting justice”, forget about the wrongs and indiscretions of the past and focus on making a new future.

One of the ways in which The Law Office of Sandi D. Milmed, P.A. can assist parties in resolving their family disputes is through the mediation process. Mediation is an informal process in which a mediator- a neutral third party – assists the parties in reaching a resolution to their disputes. Mediation, which is required by statute in contested family law matters, is an extremely effective mechanism for reaching a peaceful, hopefully amicable, resolution to your family law matter.

Now, while not everyone will come out of mediation with the “perfect agreement” with everything they want, if both sides can leave mediation with an agreement that they can live with, then the process has worked-and that is always better than the alternative: letting the court, who doesn’t know you or your family, make the final decision. It is always best when the parties are in control of their own agreements/decisions.