by blantonmassey | Jan 2, 2024 | Divorce, Negotiation, Virginia Mediation Blog
Don’t start with a lawyer When considering a trial separation or ending your marriage new emotions arise. You’ve been feeling distant from your spouse, alone, hurt, angry, and now you’re worried and insecure about your future. Irreconcilable differences and the need...
by blantonmassey | Oct 27, 2022 | Divorce, Parenting, Virginia Mediation Blog
Nearly always child custody presents a most serious and trying problem. The writer of this opinion, as a trial judge, found it to be so and he finds it substantially the same as an appellate judge. The parents, both of them in many instances, are in court because of...
by LeAnne Perkowski | Jun 12, 2020 | Divorce
Use Counseled Mediation if I ask for it Focus on facts, finances, funds, feasibility, fairness & future Inform me promptly of what to expect and status Send me copies of everything Send me a monthly detailed bill Respect me & my right to decide Be honest &...
by blantonmassey | Jan 25, 2017 | Divorce, Virginia Mediation Blog
By choosing divorce mediation you remain in control, and you have the freedom to make your own settlement choices. With the right mediator, mediation replaces litigation as the most peaceful, effective and efficient means of ending a marriage. You can even decide when...