FAMILIES
Are you separated, or thinking about separation?
Listen Talk Resolve specialises in helping families work through conflict and separation, whether the goal is to split finances and property; create care arrangements that meet your children's needs; or even to stay together. We offer flexibility in our services to suit each family’s needs and goals.
Family Dispute Resolution
Family dispute resolution is mediation that assists families work through family law issues such as parenting after separation; dividing property and finances; managing child support; and other related matters.
Renee Toy is specially trained to manage complex family issues and facilitate a structured conversation to work through conflict and post-separation disputes. Renee can adjust the mediation process to support each family’s needs. For parenting matters, Renee will help parents to focus on the children and work towards a resolution that will meet their children’s needs. For property and finance matters, Renee works with parties (with or without lawyers) to reach a resolution that can save thousands in legal fees.
If you are unable to resolve any issues through family dispute resolution, or if your matter is not suitable for FDR, Renee can issue a 'section 60I certificate' to allow you to seek a resolution through the courts.
What can it offer?
It is confidential
It helps parents focus on their children’s needs, and develop a resolution that will work best for them
It helps separating couples work through the process of property settlement together, instead of exchanging positional letters and bargaining through lawyers
It is future focussed, helping parties talk through and move forward from hurt and conflict
It helps families communicate better and manage future decision-making
It helps families develop their own solutions, rather than the Court imposing a solution
It can help parents work towards a cooperative post-separation relationship
It can help you save thousands of dollars in legal fees
Family Dispute Resolution
Individual pre-mediation meetings run for 1.5 hours for each party.
Mediation meetings with all parties run for 3 hours.
Step 1: Pre-mediation meeting
Have you just separated and would like to resolve your matter without going to Court? Have you separated and need some assistance to move towards cooperative parenting? We can meet with you and your ex-partner individually, talk you through the mediation process and the issues you wish to discuss at mediation, and consider whether mediation is the right process for you both.
What HAPPENS AT THE PRE-MEDIATION MEETING?
It is confidential
It is impartial (this is not legal advice)
We will meet with each of you separately
We will talk to you about the mediation process
We will talk about the issues you want to discuss in mediation
We ask you some questions about your relationship with the other party (to see whether mediation is right for you)
We will assess whether mediation is the right process for you and how any joint meeting might be structured
We will prepare you for any joint meetings
PRE-MEDIATION MEETING
Pre-mediation meetings run for 1.5 hours. Renee can meet with each party in person, by video conference or by phone.
Step 2: Joint mediation
If mediation is the right process for you, we will schedule a joint mediation meeting. You may need more than one meeting to work through all the issues - for example, if you wish to discuss parenting and financial matters.
Joint mediations can take place in person, by video conference or by phone. Parties can be in the same room together (whether in person or by video conference), or Renee can 'shuttle' between two rooms.
What can it offer?
It can help separated couples move from their own ‘positions’ towards a shared understanding
It is future focused, helping people talk through and move forward from hurt and conflict
It helps separated parents learn to communicate better and manage future decision-making and conflict (for the benefit of their children)
It offers a supportive structure to work through issues or big decisions together
JOINT MEDIATION Sessions
Joint mediation sessions run for 3 hours. Joint meetings can take place in person, by 'shuttle' (separate rooms), video conference or phone.
Listen Talk Resolve
Expert & Qualified Approach
Listen Talk Resolve specialises in helping families work through conflict and separation, whether the goal is to split finances and property; create care arrangements that meet your children's needs; or even to stay together. We offer flexibility in our services to suit each family’s needs and goals.
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Family DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Steps include at least one pre-mediation meeting with each party, and one or more joint mediation meetings.
