Trial divorces are traditional, but they are also unnecessarily hostile, expensive, and ultimately take the power out of your hands. A trial divorce is when two spouses each have their own lawyer who will fight over every inch of property, and eventually a judge makes a ruling in a courtroom. This eats up legal fee hours and prevents spouses from having the final decision.

In other words, trial divorces are only necessary when separating spouses violently disagree. However, most people who decide to divorce are calm, even if they are upset about certain aspects of the separation. They ultimately want control over their divorce terms and are willing to come to agreements.

If you want to stay in control, divorce mediation puts divorcing spouses in the driver’s seat, able to negotiate without conflict and build a divorce, custody, and support agreement that is mutually beneficial.