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Oakland Office
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166 Santa Clara Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610


Welcome

Mediation Offices provides family law mediation services
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
Jun 28, 2010
Letting Go of Conflict: The Necessary Step

 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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