Mediation / Collaborative Law

Florida Divorce Mediation Lawyer

Throughout the course of your family law case, our lawyers and staff at the office of Dorothy J. McMichen, P.A. make every effort to avoid taking your case to court. Trials can add additional stress, cost, and time to the resolution to your case. It frequently serves our clients' interests if we attempt to resolve differences as amicably as possible. Below are some of the avenues of resolution that we may utilize to pursue an end to your case. Contact us today to discuss these areas further.

Mediation

Under the supervision of a trained and certified mediator, the two individuals and their lawyers sit down to discuss the resolution of their divorce or other family law issue. Our firm utilizes divorce mediation as much as possible to work out agreements between parties. Attorney Dorothy McMichen has handled numerous cases through mediation and brings her extensive knowledge of this type of resolution to the table in each case. Also, attorney Sonica Cinami is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator and parenting coordinator, which enhances our firm's ability to effectively communicate the mediation process.

Collaborative Law

Collaborative law is a type of divorce resolution that is gaining popularity throughout the U.S. Through the collaborative law process, both parties to the divorce retain separate, specifically trained lawyers whose only job is to help them settle the case. All participants agree to work together respectfully, honestly, and in good faith to try and find solutions that benefit the legitimate needs of both parties. This can be very valuable to couples that wish to make the divorce process as painless as possible for each other and their children and want to avoid court litigation.

Though our firm attempts to resolve your divorce or other family law case through means of alternative dispute resolution, we are not afraid to take a case to trial if we determine that this would be in your best interests and the best interests of the case.

Contact an Orlando divorce mediation lawyer at the office of Dorothy J. McMichen, P.A. to discuss how your case may be handled through the mediation process.