Family Mediation Checklist
Key Areas To Discuss During Divorce or Separation
If you’re going through a divorce or separation, Family Mediation can be a far less stressful and costly alternative to court, helping you to reach agreements on key issues more quickly and amicably.
Whether you need to work out child arrangements, financial settlements, or property division, our Family Mediation Checklist can help you prepare for your mediation sessions by outlining some of the key topics you may want to discuss and agree on. By working through this checklist, you can approach mediation with confidence, ensuring all important issues are considered and addressed.
This checklist isn’t exhaustive – the agenda is entirely up to you. It’s simply a starting point to help you identify and structure the discussions to cover the things that matter most to you and your family.
Family Mediation Checklist
Parenting Issues
- Where your children will live
- When and where the children will spend time with each of you
- How and when will the children see any wider family e.g. grandparents
- Agreeing child maintenance and support payments
- Agree how costs relating to schooling e.g. uniform, clubs, school trips will be paid
- Arrangements for school holidays and potential costs of childcare
- How will you manage holidays e.e.g how often children will contact the other parent
- How will you share key events e.g. Christmas, birthdays, mothers and fathers day
- How you will communicate with each other to discuss things relating to your children
- Agreement on introducing new partners to your children
- Agreement to hear your children’s wishes through child-inclusive mediation
Financial & Property Issues
- What happens to your family home – who will move out and when
- How you will divide any property
- Division of any items you share e.g. cars
- How to deal with any mortgages or tenancy agreements
- How you will deal with any debts or liabilities that you have
- Division of pensions and investments
- Agreement on any child support payments
- How any upcoming bills will be paid
Other Issues
- Arrangements for any pets that you share
- Agree timelines on any key decisions and actions
These are just some of the areas you may want to discuss but remember mediation is flexible and can cover any other issues that are important to you both.
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