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Divorce Mediation and Custody Mediation: What’s the Difference Between a Mediator and an Attorney?
Talking divorce mediation and child custody mediation. What is the difference between an attorney and a mediator? here is an article: https://www.equitablemediation.com/blog/divorce-mediation-vs-lawyer Here is my take: a mediator helps two people reach a settlement by agreement but can’t go to court. An attorney if she or he is a mediator can do either. I happen…
Read MoreSummer’s Half Gone: Time to Get Things Done with Mediation
It’s halfway through summer and it’s time to get moving to get things done. Use the summer wisely by playing with your kids, but do the things you can now to insure you have time and can play with your kids in the future. The most important thing in divorce mediation is the kids, and…
Read MoreIt’s Midsummer and the 4th of July: Are You Free?
It is summer and a time we think about freedom. Are you feeling free? A difficult relationship with an “ex-to be” can make life challenging-and burdensome. If the relationship can’t be fixed, isn’t it about time you move on? Here is a link to help you figure out what will happen financially, using the method…
Read MoreReady for Summer Fun with Your Kids?
It’s Summer and it’s time to do Stuff with your kids. If you are not happy in your adult relationship and want to leave, please consider mediation. Bickford Mediation can often do a quicker, easier, less expensive separation, divorce or co-parenting arrangement than fighting it out in court with two attorneys. Plus you end up…
Read MoreDiversity and Mediation
Are diversity and mediation incompatible? Far from it. the ability to handle cultural issues depends on the mediator, regardless of what color or ethnicity the mediator is. Some mediators do well only with members of their own ethnic group, while others have significant multi-cultural experience. Mediation and Diversity Issues How can you avoid problems with…
Read MoreIs it Spring Yet? Time for Mediation
Summer is coming! It’s starting to get warm and you can begin to do fun things outside? Why spend your time worrying about your relationship break-up. With mediation and a skilled pro, you can get an agreement, and you can co-parent successfully. It’s a lot less stressful! And you can spend your time outside playing…
Read MoreHow Hard is a Do-it-Yourself Divorce?
Where Do I Go? Are you needing a divorce?.https://www.mncourts.gov/help-topics/divorce.aspx#:~:text=to%20get%20divorced%3F-,No.,know%20and%20follow%20the%20law. This will tell you the overview of MN divorce, and you don’t have to have an attorney. But doing a divorce yourself is costly because it takes a good deal of time. Wouldn’t you rather be moving on with your life or playing with your children?…
Read MoreIn-Person or Zoom Mediation?
Which way of separating is best: in-person vs. Zoom? That is not an easy choice, sometimes. WAYS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT WHEN SEPARATING If this is your relationship and you’ve decided to split, there are some options: an attorney or mediation. Even in mediation there are options. A mediator can talk with each of you separately…
Read MoreSpring is here! Time to Mediate and Clean things up
Spring is Here! Time to Clean up Your Life! We are heading for spring! Daylight Savings Time has come and that means light is starting to show after supper. Have you been waiting to make that final move- the move you’ve been dreading all winter but you really need to make? Now is the time,…
Read MoreTime to Separate?
It has been a long hard winter, especially with the pandemic. We are all stressed. But things may be nearing the end of the pandemic and spring is starting to pop out. I saw my first robin this week. A Mediator Who Can Help It continues to be a stressful time if your relationship is…
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