Mediation & Collaborative Divorce Attorney in Round Rock, Texas
How does mediation work in a Texas divorce?
How does mediation work in a Texas divorce?
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well in travis county and williamson
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county mediation is required before you
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are able to have a final hearing so
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mediation is a process where you hire a
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third party mediator and each of the
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parties and their lawyers go in
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a separate room typically and if it’s
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over zoom it’s different zoom rooms
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right
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and the mediator will go back and forth
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between the the rooms
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and kind of figure out what the issues
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are
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and where the problems really lie and
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try to find a solution
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for
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those problems and try to reach an
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agreement that both parties are okay
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with right it’s rare that both parties
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will be really happy with that um but if
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if both parties can live with that
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result then that’s a really good result
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at mediation
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and the really great part about
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mediation is that you have control over
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what happens to your case and your kids
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and your property your assets
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liabilities everything like that you get
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to choose
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how it’s divided right you have a say
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um in how and if you agree and if you
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disagree you know you can voice your
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opinion
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as opposed to if you’re in front of a
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judge
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in a court you’re uncomfortable you
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can’t speak you’re only speaking through
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attorneys
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a judge is making decisions based off of
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usually a couple hours of testimony and
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you know hand-picked evidence that goes
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on
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in front of that judge so that judge
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doesn’t won’t know you
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um and they’ll be making a decision that
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will impact your life
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very greatly right if it involves your
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kids
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your property you know stuff like that
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so in mediation you have a lot more
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control in what happens
Austin, TX family law attorney Daniela Ibarra explains how mediation works in a Texas divorce.
