Mediation
Mark Perry is a family law mediator with training and experience acquired in BC since he obtained his certification in 2005.
Mark has mediated over sixty legal disputes since obtaining his mediation certification. He receives referrals from accountants and financial advisors whose clients are separating and need assistance with a separation agreement or who are marrying and need assistance with a more complex prenuptial agreement. He also mediates Estate Litigation disputes, applyinghis extensive experience in Estates matters.
Mediation offers a cost-effective, low-impact resolution alternative to litigation for those people who are ready to negotiate a separation agreement in a process that requires them to have trust in each other's willingness to "do the right thing" and "play fair."
Process:
You contact your selected mediator - Mark Perry - and set up an appointment to meet with him after first, having sufficient discussions with Mark to be certain that you have selected the "right" mediator for your comfort level and your dispute. Your selection of a mediator is a personal choice about which you must be confident. You must have utmost TRUST in your mediator and in your spouse or partner with who you are engaging in mediation.
You then complete DOCUMENT DISCLOSURE in advance of the first mediation session by exchanging documents with Mark and your partner/spouse. This is often a simple and quick task to complete: provide copies of bank statements, RRSP statements, pension plan statement, house valuation appraisal report (if house is to be retained by one of you), tax returns complete with Schedules attached.
You then have one meeting alone with your mediator to discuss goals and process. You then commence joint meetings. These MEETINGS can be face-to-face with three persons in the room (or five persons if each party has a lawyer) or you can have separate rooms, with the mediator moving between rooms (called "break out rooms") if tensions become too much for one or both parties.
