with offices in San Francisco and Oakland, California.
We use Mediation and Collaborative Law methods to facilitate the resolution of issues related to: divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, marital settlement agreements, premarital agreements and Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.
Mission Statement
At Mediation Offices we are committed to:
- Tailoring clients’ legal services to their specific needs
- Facilitating respectful resolutions with an emphasis on creating a positive future for clients and their families
- Practicing a values-based approach to family law, which involves getting to know clients and coming to understand their priorities
Unmani's Blog
People in conflict have three options open to them:
- stay in conflict (e.g., I'm right / you're an idiot)
- surrender the conflict to another (e.g.. I'm right / I can prove you're an idiot)
- transcend the conflict (e.g., there's some way in which we're both right)
carl Micheal rossi- Collaborative Coach
I sometimes ask potential clients: are you ready let go of being in conflict with the other person? I invite you to consider this question if you think that mediation might be the right resolution process for you and your spouse.
Working together to craft a divorce agreement asks a lot of clients. It asks them to be invested in how the potential outcome affects their spouse, in addition to how it affects them. This can be a hard reality of the mediation process for clients to bear through the months of information gathering, option development, and negotiation.....
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