Meredith Cohen, 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 who
mediates for divorcing couples who do not have
attorneys in Central Florida. In Florida
couples may obtain divorces 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 the
other court documents the couple will need to
obtain their divorce without attorneys. Meredith
in every case recommends that, before signing, the
couple take the papers to two
separate attorneys for a consultation
and legal advice on whether it is in their
best interest to sign.
Couples have found that the cost of divorce
using Meredith’s mediation approach is much less
than the retainer fees and additional fees
of two attorneys employed to battle the case
out in court. Such retainer fees in Central
Florida can be $2,000.00 or more per party,
costing the family $4,000.00 or more.
Meredith accepts Mastercard and
Visa. The divorce Final Judgmentcan can be
signed by the Judge in about 6 weeks
from the first visit rather than 6 months to
a year or longer in cases with
attorneys.
Meredith gives a free separate telephone
consultation to the Husband and the Wife
explaining divorce mediation, his
fee and anything else they want to
know about their divorce.
If the couple is able to communicate with each other without anger and hostility, mediation will be an excellent alternative to a court battle. The first mediation session is then scheduled and work sheets are mailed out to be completed and brought to the session. Meredith has written a book "Divorce by Mediation - See a Mediator Before Seeing Attorneys - Save Thousands" which may be ordered by clicking on Book Purchase Order Form on this web site. Reading the book will give you more information on Meredith’s mediation approach to divorce, show you some of the forms, and let you follow a fictitious couple through the process.
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