Mediation

Family Mediation Direct

Reasons for Choosing Us as Your Mediator

Fast Response Time

• We start your mediation process in 2 business days
• We guarantee your mediation within 5 business days (subject to your availability)

Affordable Cost

• We charge only $195 (ex GST) per hour intake, mediation pursuant to our schedule of costs (as opposed to other mediators and mediation organisations that charge over $450 per hour)

Formalised Agreements

• Our mediators formalise your mediation agreement, so you can then make your agreements legally binding and achieve greater certainty after you have submitted them to the Family Court and the Family Court has stamped them (whereas other mediation organisations typically provide mediation agreements in simple sentences or dot-points only or just print off a whiteboard)

Experience & Expertise

• Our mediators have collectively completed over 3,000 mediations (or 15,000 hours) in family disputes relating to parenting matters, children's care arrangements (custody), & property settlements
• We conduct child-inclusive mediations (where during the mediation session a child psychologist provides feedback to the parties, after having spent time with the children to determine through therapeutic tools & strategies how they are coping with the separation & current parenting arrangements)

Certifications & Qualifications

• Our mediators are registered as Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Department of the Federal Attorney-General, pursuant to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)
• Our mediators are Nationally Accredited Mediators

Flexibility in Process

• We conduct mediation via telephone and online across Australia & internationally
• We are experienced in conducting interstate mediations & international mediations

Friendly, Courteous & Understanding

• Our mediators have an awareness of what separated and divorced parents are going through
• We provide a mediation process that places parents at ease
• Our mediators ensure that any power imbalances between parents do not affect the mediation process or influence the outcome of the mediation

Section 60I Certificates

• Our mediators are authorised by the Department of the Federal Attorney-General to issue section 60I certificates, which are required before an application for parenting orders can be made to the Family Court of Australia