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Mediation
Elizabeth Nohren became a licensed mediator in 2013 and also received her Collaborative Law licensure in 2018. She is one of a few licensed collaborative attorneys in the 4th Circuit. Mediation is required for every family case in Illinois involving minor children where the parties are not in full agreement. Mediation is a very inexpensive way to resolve your case outside of court and does not include attorneys. Mediation can occur before a case is filed or will be ordered after the case is started. In the event the parties do not reach an agreement in the mediation session then they are welcome to move forward before a judge.
There is no risk involved!
Collaborative law is where a party attends a mediation type session, but they have their attorneys present as well. Once again, this is outside of court in a comfortable and informal environment. Mediation is not binding and collaborative law is binding. Liz is well-versed in mediation throughout the state of Illinois, and has an extremely high success rate in resolving matters outside of court. If you are considering a divorce and do not have children, you can also reach out to Liz to mediate the financial matters in an attempt to avoid the significant cost of obtaining private counsel.
The cost of a mediation session involving the issues of children alone is a total of $600 for three hours. This is a significant savings compared to the hourly cost of hiring private counsel, and even the cost of a retainer upfront. The cost of mediation in matters involving financial matters, is a flat fee of $1000 for four hours. Either of the sessions may exceed those hours by the agreement of both parties. If a full agreement is reached, the mediator can draft the final agreements for the parties to file with the court to finalize their divorce or family case without the need of separate counsel.
If the parties have attorneys, Liz always sends the details of the settlement to each attorney in a Word document so the attorneys can easily add it to the final settlement documents to file with the court, and conclude the case.
What an excellent way to take control over your case without the risk and cost associated with contested expensive litigation. Give Liz a call today!