Mediation Madness
...litigants. 2. Participants in divorce and custody mediation don’t seem to understand that a compromise is NOT likely to be that pleasant. To achieve a settlement, they are going to have to agree to something, for the sake of the children, or to avoid future expense and delay, that is not going to seem that neat a day or two later. BUT, people seem to think that their word means nothing. And, if your lawyer reminds them, “You gave your word” , the...