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Mediation is a method of non-compulsory dispute resolution involving a neutral third party (a mediator) who tries to help the disputing parties with a view to facilitate a resolution of the whole or part of a dispute.
In family disputes such as divorce, child custody arrangements, maintenance, division of assets, care of mentally incapacitated persons or distribution of a deceased’s assets, mediation serves to help resolve family disputes in a less acrimonious way.
This is because when such disputes are brought to the Court, they can be a very expensive, traumatic and miserable experience for the parties involved. Often, the judgment by the Court does not ultimately resolve the relational aspects of the dispute.
Mediation sessions are conducted in English. A translator can be provided by the Family Justice Courts for translation in Mandarin, Malay or Tamil.
At the start of the mediation, the solicitors of the respective parties will introduce the parties and set out the background of the matter to the mediator. The mediator will ascertain from each party their views and positions on the dispute.
The mediator then summarises the issues and the respective positions of each party. Parties are then given a chance to confirm or dispute the mediator’s summary.
This is done by explaining and pointing out any impracticalities of the proposals and any exaggerated or impossible positions of the parties. In certain cases, the mediator will give an indicative assessment of the case as well.
Any consensus reached during the process can be recorded as a draft agreement wherein if an agreement can be reached between parties, the terms of the agreement will be recorded before the mediator who may sit as a Judge as a consent order and become binding to both parties.
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