by Renee Dunn | May 21, 2024 | Parenting, Virginia Mediation Blog
We are State of Virginia approved providers of Parent Education Seminars as referred to in Virginia Code Section 16.1-278.15 (Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court) & Section 20-103 (Circuit Court). Our classes are small so that the participants interact with...
by blantonmassey | Jan 23, 2024 | Negotiation, Virginia Mediation Blog
By engaging in the direct, facilitated communication of joint mediation sessions, parties in divorce and other negotiations save time and money, avoiding delays and misunderstandings. Electronic Messaging Saves You Time We use email, voicemail and text messages to...
by blantonmassey | Jan 23, 2024 | Virginia Mediation Blog
“One of the biggest sources of fear in a negotiation is that the other side will walk away,” says negotiation expert Victoria H. Medvec, PhD, in her 2021 book Negotiate Without Fear. To reduce the chances of your spouse rejecting your offer of settlement, speak...
by blantonmassey | Jan 23, 2024 | Virginia Mediation Blog
“Often, we are afraid to make the opening offer because we fear that we will offend the other side, or that they will walk away,” says negotiation expert Victoria H. Medvec, PhD, in her 2021 book Negotiate Without Fear. p133. To reduce the chances of your spouse...
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...
