Noël Mediation Services - Services de Médiation Noël

11/27/2025

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11/11/2023

FAQ- from the mail bag:

“We have a number of issues to resolve for our separation and we agree on potential solutions, but we do not agree whatsoever on others. Can mediation help us?”

Answer -Although you might not resolve all your issues at mediation, those issues on which you can come to agreement upon are then substantially resolved. Less unresolved issues remaining means potentially less issues to resolve in court which is far more lengthy, adversarial and expensive.

Mediation can result in no ageeement, partial agreement or sometimes full agreement. Any issues you do resolve at mediation can form the basis of an agreement that can be made legally binding into a separation agreement.

Like a big elephant, complex issues can be dealt with one bite at a time. 4 or 6 hours of mediation can ultimately satisfactorily prevent many more months of far more expensive litigation.

Sometimes litigation is ultimately necessary, but it might be worthwhile to save those issues to be litigated for those that you can not find a way to resolve through far cheaper and much less adversarial and stressful process than going to court, by first trying through mediation.

Give us a call today.

10/29/2023

Stéphane Noël is a professionally accredited family mediator with the Ontario Association for Family Mediation AccFM (OAFM) and is also accredited by the Alternate Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario and Canada Q.Med (ADRIO & ADRIC).
 
Stéphane has extensive experience interviewing children and is a trained Voice of the Child Reports practitioner.  He also offers Child Inclusive Family Mediation.
 
As a lifelong self-directed learner Stéphane holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Services with Honours and he is engaged in continuous and extensive professional training in alternate dispute resolution.

10/29/2023

09/25/2023

Establishing a parenting plan early in separation can be beneficial in reducing parental stress and conflict, and this can reduce avoidable harm to children. Something both parents often can agree is a mutual goal, and this can also form the basis for continued constructive dialogue toward developing a broader separation agreement.

07/25/2023

FAQ - What is a Parenting Plan?

A parenting plan is a written document that outlines an agreement by both parents about how they will raise their children after separation or divorce.

A parenting plan is intended to establish principles and rules to guide how parents will share responsibilities and time with their child/ren, including addressing such matters as:

• when the children will spend time with each parent (i.e. parenting time);

• how the parents will make major and day-to-day decisions about their children;

• how information is shared and communicated between parents;

• how other related issues may be addressed, such as involvement of a new partner with the children; and:

• how future disagreements about the child/ren are to be resolved.

A parenting plan should have enough detail to be useful, yet have enough flexibility to be realistic, and to meet the changing needs of the children involved. A parenting plan should reflect the interests and the needs of the individual child/ren concerned.

It is almost inevitable that a parenting plan will have to be revised as children grow older, and their needs and the circumstances of their parents change.

The parenting plan is best viewed as a working document that will need to be revisited and likely revised overtime.

The process of discussing issues, identifying areas of parental consensus and disagreement, reaching an agreement (often based on compromises), and then setting out the plan in writing is important.

Having a parenting plan can help to minimize future conflict between parents by setting out clear guidelines and expectations for parental behaviour so that each parent can support their child’s relationship with the other parent.

Further, there is value in the process of making a parenting plan, as it gives parents an experience in collaborative problem solving.

Minimizing conflict between separated parents is important. Children do significantly better if their parents co-operate and communicate with each other and conflict is low.

If communication or co-operation with the other parent is not easy, a good parenting plan can provide the details of the parenting arrangements so that parents are not required to negotiate every decision that needs to be made.

A parenting plan that the parents have voluntarily made may be incorporated into a Separation Agreement or Court Order.

This will give the parenting plan legal significance and may make it enforceable by a court.
(AFCC-O, 2021)

As an Accredited Ontario Association Family Mediation (OAFM) Mediator (Acc.FM) and Voice of the Child practitioner, I assist parents in mediating their negotiations to support them to jointly formulate a parenting plan.

Visit our website: https://www.noelmediationservices.com/

Email: [email protected]

07/13/2023

FAQ - “We would like to try mediation as going to lawyers is too expensive for us but we need a parenting plan and separation agreement. Are your rates negotiable?”

Answer: Yes, in most cases I can adjust my hourly mediation fee rates depending on the client’s income levels. 

It is important to remember that a mediation report is not an enforceable agreement until each parent has it first reviewed independently for legal advice, before the mediation report can be finalized and signed by both parents and witness into a binding agreement.

Most lawyers do offer unbundled legal services where clients are only charged a set fee for the specific service, such as reviewing your mediation report and as a result do not require a retainer.

02/10/2023

The same can be said about conflict. This is where mediation can help people develop insight and come to different perspectives and develop new options on the way forward.

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02/09/2023

The Family Mediation process explained

https://www.oafm.on.ca/family-mediation/family-mediation-process/ #:~:text=Mediation%20sessions%20may%20last%20between,to%20reach%20a%20final%20agreement.