I recently wrote about a study that proved that mediation helped keep children and nonresident parents in contact as long as 12 years post-divorce. Another longitudinal study, this one by Joan B. Kelly, Ph. D., asked participants in both mediated and adversarial divorces to rate their experiences on a number of dimensions. In that study, which covered numerous aspects of the divorce process, mediation participants perceived multiple aspects of their process and agreements t

Most people are familiar with mediation as an alternative to the traditional adversarial divorce process where each side employs a lawyer to represent them. The traditional adversarial approach is not considered a win-win negotiating strategy, but rather win-lose. Someone wins and someone loses. Mediation, on the other hand is a form of dispute resolution that can be utilized in many diverse situations, whether personal or business. It is a form of dispute resolution that