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What are the advantages of mediation over going to trial?
What are the advantages of mediation over going to trial?
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mediation is a fantastic
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asset to use whenever you can
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most of the cases in texas or at least
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in north texas
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are going to have a requirement to go to
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mediation
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or you’re going to be limited in the
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amount of time you have going to trial
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the great thing about mediation is that
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it is the one time
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that you really have control over what
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the outcome is
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you’ve got you and your lawyer there
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you’ve got the other party and their
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lawyer there
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and then you have the mediator uh who is
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going to be
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another family attorney a lot of the
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time another board-certified family
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lawyer
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and on top of that a lot of times a
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former judge who is going to be going
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back and forth in assisting
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with trying to get a resolution to the
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case
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that’s a whole lot better most of the
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time
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than taking it to a judge so you’ve got
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some person wearing a black robe
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that is going to make a decision on how
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you divide
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your marital estate if you can do it
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it’s always going to be a better
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situation to do that
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in mediation because you can agree to
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things in mediation
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that frankly a judge can’t order
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Dallas, TX family law attorney Mark Scroggins discusses the advantages of mediation over going to trial. He notes that mediation is an invaluable tool whenever possible. In Texas, particularly in North Texas, most cases are required to go through mediation, or parties face limits on the time available for trial.
The advantage of mediation is that it gives the parties real control over the outcome. His client and he sit in one room, the opposing party and their lawyer in another, while the mediator—often a board-certified family law attorney or a former judge—moves between the rooms to help facilitate a resolution.
He emphasizes that mediation is usually far preferable to leaving decisions to a judge in a courtroom. A judge in a black robe can only decide certain matters according to the law, but in mediation, the parties can negotiate and agree to outcomes that a judge might not be able to order, giving them greater flexibility and control over the resolution of their marital estate.
