Step Family Mediation
While it is still true that a little less than half of first
marriages end in divorce, few people realize that nearly seventy percent of second
marriages also dissolve. This increase is largely due to step family life which is so
difficult to manage. Extraordinary demands are placed on all the family members. Couples
face all the same challenges that appeared in the first marriage but now must also find
ways to combine two and sometimes three distinct family systems under one roof. Loyalty
issues and challenges to authority are tested daily. Value systems clash. To help manage
these extraordinary challenges MNS offers specially designed mediation services. Our
office meets the needs around specific family life problems, but also teaches mediation
skills to family members so they can learn to mediate their own ongoing problems. We also
offer our divorce mediation skills to help resolve old problems from the prior
relationships which often continue to haunt the newly combined families. Since most
divorces are the product of the legal system in which an agreement has been forced upon
one or both parties, bitterness often remains contaminating the fresh start everyone
desires. Our Post Decree Mediation helps transform old agreements into better working
relationships. Also, Pre and Post-nuptial Agreements are very effective in helping the new
couple plan for and achieve a more smooth transition.
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