Post Divorce Parental Mediation

In many states, mediation is mandated as part of the divorce process to minimize the adversarial relationship between the parties. Divorce mediation is an attempt to coax the couple into working out reasonable compromises about their financial settlement and custody arrangements. Post divorce mediation is also designed to encourage compromise, but focuses mainly on the parental responsibilities of the parties, and is intended to maximize the potential for healthy emotional development of the children. 

The custody arrangement may award primary physical custody to one parent, with visitation for the other parent, or it may divide physical custody between the parents. Shared physical custody assumes that each parent will take responsibility for major developmental tasks during child development, including academic performance, moral education, life planning and health maintenance. Post divorce parental mediation is designed to assist parents in achieving this goal.

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