Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator
Divorce by Mediation
605 East Robinson Street
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 407-977-0021
FAX: 407-641-8390
DIVORCE BY MEDIATION
Meredith Cohen is a family mediator in Florida for divorcing couples who do not have attorneys. In Florida, couples may obtain a divorce without attorneys. He helps couples work out their own settlement agreements covering such divorce issues as child custody, visitation, calculation of child support based on the Florida child support guideline law, alimony, division of marital assets, and debts. Then, drawing on his experience as a divorce lawyer for over 30 years Meredith helps the couple reduce the agreement reached in mediation to a written Marital Settlement Agreement, and helps them fill out the Petition for Divorce (Dissolution of Marriage], Answer and Waiver, Final Judgment of Divorce, Financial Affidavits, Child Support Guideline worksheets, and other court documents the couple will need to obtain their divorce without attorneys.
Couples have found that the cost of divorce using Meredith’s mediation approach is much less than the retainer fees paid at the beginning of case to two attorneys employed to battle the case out in court. Such retainer fees in Central Florida can be $2000 or more per party, costing the family $4.000 or more, and the final fee may be even higher.
Meredith gives a free separate telephone consultation to the husband and the wife, explaining divorce mediation, his fee, and answers other questions about their divorce. The first mediation session is then scheduled. Worksheets are mailed out to be completed and brought to the session.
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