Family Law and Divorce Facilitation - Parental Coordination
Facilitation is a child-focused alternative dispute resolution process is not mentioned any ware in the Children’s Act and was developed as a method to lessen post-divorce and separation litigation. It offers parents a medium to debate disputes regarding their children or maintenance after or during a divorce or separation. Facilitators are usually appointed in terms of a Settlement Agreement or by agreement between the parents.
Facilitation is a child-focused alternative dispute resolution process in which a mental health or legal professional with mediation training and experience assists high-conflict parties in implementing parenting plans and resolving pre- and post-divorce parenting disputes in an immediate, non-adversarial, court-sanctioned, private forum.
A growing segment of family law litigation these days are aimed to set aside directives made by facilitators or the removal of facilitators since directives can only be varied by a Court of competent jurisdiction or by agreement between the parents. Facilitators are obliged to attempt to settle disputes by way of mediation before issuing a directive.
We have been involved in Family Law for a number of years, and since most of our practitioners are also parents we have both legal and family experience to deal with family law disputes.
Facilitators are not in a position issue directives around relocation outside the borders of South Africa.
Disputes that facilitators frequently deal with are:
Facilitation is a child-focused alternative dispute resolution process in which a mental health or legal professional with mediation training and experience assists high-conflict parties in implementing parenting plans and resolving pre- and post-divorce parenting disputes in an immediate, non-adversarial, court-sanctioned, private forum.
A growing segment of family law litigation these days are aimed to set aside directives made by facilitators or the removal of facilitators since directives can only be varied by a Court of competent jurisdiction or by agreement between the parents. Facilitators are obliged to attempt to settle disputes by way of mediation before issuing a directive.
We have been involved in Family Law for a number of years, and since most of our practitioners are also parents we have both legal and family experience to deal with family law disputes.
Facilitators are not in a position issue directives around relocation outside the borders of South Africa.
Disputes that facilitators frequently deal with are:
- disputes regarding contact and holiday arrangements;
- choice of schooling; or
- any other aspect of the children’s lives where the parents need to make joint decisions.