Serving Santa Rosa and the surrounding areas, Attorney Stephen Endicott Hann, has been a successful divorce mediator among couples seeking divorce. Couples who mediate the issues of their divorce are significantly more likely to be satisfied with the experience of their divorce when compared with couples who have finished an adversarial divorce. At final divorce, according to one study, 69 percent of mediation respondents were somewhat to very satisfied, compared to only 47 percent of adversarial men and women.
Although there certainly are several different styles of divorce mediators, there are several things you can depend on no matter what style your divorce mediator uses. Divorce mediation is flexible and confidential. It gives you and your spouse a way to settle the conflict between you, which is natural and inevitable, in a way that helps you to work together as parents after your divorce.
The divorce mediator remains neutral between the husband and the wife. That means the divorce mediator cannot give advice to either party, and also cannot act as a lawyer for either party.
What the divorce mediator can do, though, is to point out in open session to both spouses things that each of them should be aware of about what they're trying to accomplish. That open and free exchange of information frees up both spouses to negotiate with each other in confidence. Because both spouses are working with the same base of information, it usually takes far less time to negotiate a resolution that makes sense to both spouses.
If you and your partner are interested in using a divorce mediator in Santa Rosa through your divorce, contact Stephen Endicott Hann, Attorney at Law, located at 509 Seventh Street, Suite 201, Santa Rosa, CA 95401. Call 707-542-3400 to schedule an appointment at our Santa Rosa office.