In most of the cases I mediate, my clients tell me how glad they are that they chose to mediate (whether it's a divorce mediation or premarital agreement mediation). Most of my clients also tell me how surprised they are that I was able to help them resolve issues they were not able to resolve themselves and/or how thankful they are that I made the process so easy.
Here is a thank you I recently received by e-mail from clients (names changed) who worked with me to create their own unique and balanced premarital agreement:
"Back in July you mediated a pre-nup for my now-wife, Sally, and me. Now that the wedding dust has finally cleared, I'm writing to thank you. Sally and I really felt like the mediation experience helped us not only to get our financial house in order, but to prepare for marriage in a larger sense, in that the process encouraged open communication and healthy realism. So, thank you for facilitating that. After working with you, we felt intensely glad that we did not subject ourselves to the traditional, adversarial process; little did we know that working out a pre-nup could be almost . . . fun."
We are an office of full-time Family Law Mediators. We provide Divorce Mediation and Premarital Mediation in all San Francisco Bay Area counties. Mediation allows you to work together to stay out of court and make your own decisions about your children and your finances. Mediation benefits families with complex estates as well as simple estates where cost-savings is a reason to mediate. But the most important reason to mediate is a common goal of reaching an agreement you both feel is fair.