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The Mediator’s Role

The Mediator’s Role

  • Identifies the issues with the help of the parties
  • Outlines and discusses the possible solutions for each issue
  • Shares experiences as a practicing family law litigation attorney
  • Recognizes each parties’ needs, fears and desires for the outcome
  • Encourages a spirit of cooperation
  • Keeps the focus on the parties’ future, rather than their past
  • Accepts the parties as they are and refuses to judge or control the parties
  • Allows the parties to take their time and not be coerced
  • Remains neutral
  • Helps the parties in a professional, encouraging, courteous manner
  • Emphasizes that the mediator does not represent either party nor give legal advice
Next: Hypothetical Cases

In Arizona, family law cases generally fall into two categories: parties who are taking their family law case to court for the first time (also known as “pre-decree” matters, such as the initial divorce) and parties who are returning to court, usually to enforce or modify prior court orders (also known as “post-decree” or “post-...

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