While the primary goal of mediation is to reach an agreement, mediation also:

• Promotes communication and cooperation.
• Benefits your children by reducing conflict.
• Allows you to control the decisions that affect your life is usually less costly than litigation.
• Is confidential, thus avoiding public disclosure of personal problems.
• Can be completed in less time than litigation.
• Allows you to more quickly move ahead with your life.
• Allows the parties to make decisions together instead of a judge.
• Provides you with the opportunity for a resolution which is less expensive and time consuming than a court trial.