Our Mediation Areas
B & W Insights, LLC provides mediation and dispute resolution services focused on helping individuals, businesses, and organizations resolve conflicts efficiently and professionally. Areas of mediation include workplace and employment disputes, business and contractual conflicts, family and community matters, public policy discussions, and select industrial and maritime-related disputes.
Divorce and Child Custody Disputes
A divorce mediator is a neutral third party who helps both spouses negotiate and organize the terms of a divorce without the mediator taking sides or acting as a judge.
Facilitating communication between spouses/parties
Helping identify key issues in the divorce
Guiding negotiation on:
Property and asset division
Debt collection
child custody and parenting plans
Child support
Spousal support/alimony
Creating co-parenting schedules
Drafting resoution agreement
Mediator generally does not:
* Represent either spouse/parties legally
* Give legal advice to one side
* Make decisions for the couple like a judge would
* Force an agreement
In many cases, parties can opt to hire their own attorney review the final agreement before filing it with the court. However, in many cases, parties opt to hire a mediator and resolve their dispute outside of the court room.
Divorce Settlement Negotiations
A negotiator will help:
* Identify each spouse’s/parties priorities and non-negotiables
* Separate emotional issues from financial/legal decisions
* Negotiate division of:
* Homes and real estate
* Bank accounts
* Retirement accounts and pensions
* Vehicles
* Business interests
* Personal property
* Debts and liabilities
* Discussing temporary arrangements during separation
* Negotiating spousal support/alimony amounts and duration
* Helping evaluate fairness and practicality of proposals
* Reality-testing demands that may not hold up in court
* Reducing hostile or inflammatory communication
* Helping parties avoid costly litigation when possible
