05/05/2024
Want a Friendlier Divorce? Consider Pre-Suit Mediation.
Divorce is a challenging journey with emotional distress, financial anxiety and legal complexities to balance. However, in Indiana, couples have the opportunity to navigate this difficult time through a process that emphasizes cooperation and understanding—pre-suit mediation. By working with a mediator, the couple can approach the process openly and transparently, before anyone hires an adversarial lawyer, and before any pleadings are filed, to ensure that the divorce path remains amicable, cooperative and respectful.
Pre-suit mediation in Indiana is a proactive approach that occurs before any formal divorce proceedings begin. It's designed to be a cost-effective, less adversarial, and more collaborative way for couples to discuss and resolve their differences before anyone files a petition for divorce. By engaging in mediation early, couples can avoid the escalation of conflict and the emotional and financial costs associated with court battles. When both parties to a marriage are willing to meet and agree on a plan to divide the house, the finances, and parenting time before a petition is ever filed, both parties have much more buy-in to the process and can have a much better sense of acceptance and trust.
Pre-Suit Mediation is something I handle everyday and for couples who are sincere about approaching divorce cooperatively and respectfully, provides a clear path to accomplish those goals. I would love to work with you on a pre-suit mediation. Contact me at Beckman Lawson today to set up an initial mediation session.
