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Divorce Mediation- Sometimes Timing is Everything
March 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Some couples decide they will try to reach a settlement before they file for divorce, and engage in mediation only to find they cannot come to any agreement. Other couples are never able to mediate any issue, and end up with a judgment after months (sometimes a year or two) in litigation. In between, there are those who attempt mediation at one point, reach no agreement at first but do so at a later time short of the trial date.
What is the difference between them? And, if you want to avoid the emotional and financial impact of divorce litigation, how can you tell when you can benefit from mediating your divorce before filing for divorce at your local courthouse?
To answer these two questions, it may help you to determine what degree of trust you and your spouse still have for each other.
A certain (minimum) degree of trust between parties is important to any meaningful mediation, but more so in a family case because of the emotional ties between the parties.
Lack of trust alone can derail any mediation because the party lacking trust in the other will be weary during mediation negotiations. This can result in either a short mediation, where the distrusting party ends the mediation abruptly at the first sign of what he or she may perceive as the other party’s “game.” Or, it can also result in negotiations taking longer.
What’s more, even if a tentative mediation agreement seems to be taking shape, the distrusting spouse may doubt that the other will comply with the final agreement, and end mediation just before it seems like an agreement is a real possibility.
Depending on what leads to distrust, the passing of a bit of time may sometimes resolve the issue.
The best approach, however, is to acknowledge the feelings of the distrusting spouse (regardless of whether such distrust is justified), and to find objective references to measure compliance by either party. This allows the distrusting party to trust the process of mediation instead as well as the enforcement of the resulting agreement, if necessary down the line. This is so because the other party is not controlling the objective reference that will be used to decide whether he or she has complied with what was agreed, and thus the distrusting party doesn’t have to fear being manipulated by someone in whom they have little or no trust left.
Parties who are mutually distrustful and have chosen divorce litigation as their first step may still have a chance to mediate a divorce agreement successfully. This may come after spending months in litigation, with each party tapping and depleting their marital resources to fight each other. In this instance, at least in Florida divorce courts, they will have a chance to settle before going to trial because Florida courts require all parties to go to mediation before trial. In some instances, these cases settle out of sheer financial exhausting, so to speak. Of course, there are still those who do not and proceed all the way to trial and final judgment from the judge in their case.
Ask yourself where you are in terms of trusting your spouse. Then ask yourself where you think your spouse is in terms of trusting you. The answers here can guide you in deciding when you should go to mediation. Of course, in a Florida divorce, if you have already been ordered to go to mediation and the trial date has been set, there may be little you can do to postpone the mediation.
(c) Vivian Rodriguez
For more information on mediation, visit http://www.peacefulfamilyoptions.info
Vivian C. Rodriguez is a national consultant on case strategy on litigation and alternative dispute resolutions for parties headed for divorce court to avoid expensive and emotionally frustrating divorces. In Florida she is a family trial attorney and certified family mediator.
Learn Everything You Want To Know About Online Dating Services
February 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today, it is not unusual to see two people who are complete strangers from different nationalities end up in each other’s arms. Many people claim that their love story started online. Many years ago, this could have sounded absurd. Today, it is entirely possible.
Today, technology has made possible what was impossible in the past. Now, people from various parts of the world are falling in love with one another. Relationships spring up between people of various races, religions, and even nationalities. Irrespective of who they are, where they are, and the fact that they are total strangers to each other, people meet online and become intimate with each other. The speedy growth of online dating services has made this possible.
What is an Online Dating Service?
Online dating services or internet dating services, also known as net dating services, are online systems that provide an opportunity for groups, individuals, or couples to meet online in order to find friendship or romance. An online dating service is nothing but an online match maker whose services people can avail of through their own personal computers that have an Internet connection. The Internet is full of websites that offer such online dating services.
How Does it Work?
People who avail of an online dating service are required to provide personal information such as age, location, gender, marital status and personal features such as height, weight, color, and so on, including information related to his or her social and economic status. You can then search for potential partners whose profile matches yours.
Online dating services include facilities such as online chat, web casts, message boards, and forums. People can upload photographs on online dating websites and browse the photographs of potential mates. Photos allow you to ascertain whether you like the looks of the person whose profile has caught your interest. You can then decide whether to meet the person for a traditional date or not.
Free or Paid?
All that you need to have in order to enjoy an online dating service is a computer with an internet connection and plenty of time. Since nothing much is required to enjoy an online dating service, many people from all over the world join dating websites.
You can register free on any dating website. Some websites ask for a nominal registration fee while other websites ask for an affordable monthly fee. Payment never stops people from joining these services.
Who Can Join Online Dating Services?
Many online dating services are open to people from all over the world. Their members include people from a number of ethnic backgrounds seeking various types of relationships. Not just Americans, but also Asians, Europeans, Pacific Islanders, and other races can enjoy the services offered by these websites.
Some sites are specific and are meant only for the use of people of similar interests or locality or according to the relationship sought for. To find the appropriate dating service that matches your interests, a little bit of Internet research on various sites and what they offer is essential.
What is it that you want? Put your preferences in order. Do you enjoy being made much of? Are you particular about choosing a partner for yourself? Are you recovering from a break up and want to get into a new relationship? Do you want friends from various parts of the world? Or are you dreaming about finding a soul mate in a distant part of the world? If you answer is “yes” to one or all these questions, you need to join an online dating service.
Online dating service offers you the wonderful opportunity to find your significant other. You can even find the exact type of relationship you want, be it a relationship with a man or a woman. You gain access to a number of profiles of people whom you might enjoy a relationship with in the future. All the profiles you find there are those of people who want to find their soulmates online like you.
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