Tinley Park Family Mediation Attorneys | Divorce Mediation Lawyers, Tinley Park

Kevin O’Flaherty, our Tinley Park mediation attorney in this article discusses the mediation process and the importance of resolving disputes without the stress of court.  Mediation is an affordable means of settling issues and an attorney may not be necessary during third-party mediation, though is beneficial to have one present to understand you're entitled to and to understand your rights.

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In this video, our Tinley Park family mediation attorneys explain how the phrase allocation of parenting time and responsibility has replaced the terms custody and visitation since the modification to Illinois child custody law in 2016. The purpose of the change was to represent parenting time and responsibility as a spectrum, rather than a one-dimensional term. Now, parenting time and decision-making privileges have nothing to do with which person is the custodial or non-custodial parent.

In this video, our Tinley Park collaborative and cooperative divorce attorneys explain the alternative dispute resolutions in marital dissolution cases. A cooperative divorce is like a collaborative divorce in that the parties agree to negotiate out of court and in good faith.  The open exchange of information is necessary because in a collaborative divorce, attorneys usually don't conduct depositions or written discovery.The difference between a Cooperative Divorce and Collaborative Law Divorce is that attorneys don't have to remove themselves should litigation become necessary.  If negotiations fail, the parties can transition into court proceedings smoothly and cost-effectively.