So often when a couple decides to end their relationship, they want to walk away and never have to deal with the other person again. Couples without children have this option, but couples with children do not. As co-parents, you are bound together for life in that role. As I tell my clients, it doesn’t stop when their child reaches 18 and becomes an adult. You have graduations, birthdays, weddings, and grandchildren to look forward to throughout your lifetime. You need to find a cooperative way to raise your children and then be able to participate in the important moments in your children’s lives. How can you forge a new type of co-parenting arrangement as you separate?

Mediation is an option that centers on the well-being of the children and affords you the chance to work together in a new and better way for their sake. A co-parenting plan is reviewed and discussed in great detail. It is often included in your final dissolution agreement – something judges love to see. Judges want to know that the parents have taken the time to look at co-parenting in the best interests of their children. During the mediation process, you are given the opportunity to discuss how you will co-parent your children as you move forward with your lives. The mediator facilitates your communication so that all of your concerns, needs, and interests are heard and considered. Mediation helps you create a cooperative co-parenting model to help you be there for your children.

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