Why Settlement Works

• A settled agreement will generally cost a small fraction of the cost of adversarial litigation in court.
  
  
• The resolution process recognizes that both parties have legitimate needs and helps develop options that will successfully reconcile those needs to the satisfaction of both parties.
  
  
• Mediation is a process committed to self-determination. Its purpose is to promote identification of issues, explore alternatives for resolution and allow the settlement of issues by the parties themselves.
  
  
• Through mediation the parties can make agreements with respect to matters over which the court has no jurisdiction. For example, the parties could decide on how the expenses of a child's college education are going to be paid for, an issue that is beyond the jurisdiction of the court.
  
  
• Through settlement, the parties can fashion creative financial and tax planning solutions, which can benefit both parties.
  
  
• A mediated agreement will normally include a provision for mediation of disputes that arise in the future, including implementation and modification of the original agreement.

At Settlement Works, mediations typically consist of one or more joint meetings between former spouses or parents, which last 2-4 hours each. To learn more about The Settlement Works Process on the Concordance, click here

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