Darwin Mediation

The best place to start is contacting the Darwin office for an initial consultation. We can answer any of your questions about dispute resolution and why it is far more preferable to the expense and conflict inherent in court action. At a first meeting, our Darwin family law specialists can help you evaluate the most effective process for your dispute and even contact your ex-partner in order to gain their trust in our process too.

If both of you agree that your best chance at resolution is through mediation, we will then organise the necessary meetings so that it can take place. Doing this will include helping both you and your ex prepare for the discussion that will take place. Our family mediation experts will explain how the day will be conducted and the various options available, from ‘shuttle’ mediations where you don’t have to face your ex across a table, to more traditional forms where you sit down opposite each other and go through all the relevant issues with our guidance.

If our mediation process produces an agreement you’re both satisfied with, Mediations Australia will formalise the agreement in writing and have it validated by a court to give it proper legal status.

Many people still think that separation or divorce means you will automatically end up in court to sort out issues around children and property. These days, however, nothing could be further from the truth. Mediations Australia helps people resolve their family law issues without expensive legal action. Our Darwin team will use mediation and other sorts of dispute resolution to save you time, money and stress.

Family Law Disputes

All members of our Darwin family law mediation team are nationally accredited mediators as well as experienced family law practitioners. Whatever the nature of your family dispute, we can make it easier to negotiate the path to a resolution.

Section 60(i) Certificates

Undertaking a dispute resolution process before you take any action that may land you in court is standard practice in family law these days. Applying to a court for Parenting Orders, for example, can’t happen until you have a Section 60(i) certificate that confirms you’ve made a genuine effort to resolve your issues through family dispute resolution The Darwin office of Mediations Australia can issue these certificates as part of our mediation service.

Parenting Plans

Where there are children from a broken relationship, settling on their living arrangements as well as matters such as schooling and health can be difficult. Our Darwin family law mediation will help create the right atmosphere for you and your ex-partner to reach a satisfactory and legally binding agreement on how to raise your children once you part.

De Facto Relationship Disputes

If you’ve never married but been in a close, dependant relationship with someone for two years or more, the law considers you to be part of a de facto couple. When de facto relationships end, the issues to be resolved are quite similar to married couples. Mediations Australia in Darwin will advise you on the best way to cleanly end your relationship without having to take legal action against each other.

Financial Agreements

It’s inevitable that couples collect joint assets and liabilities during the course of a long-term relationship and dividing these when things turn sour can be hard. Our trained mediation experts in the Darwin office will bring you together with your ex to assist you both to reach a fair and equitable financial agreement so you can both move on with your lives.

Property Settlements

Like finances, sorting out how to fairly distribute any property assets from a relationship is not easy. But through considered mediation the issues involved can be aired and negotiated to the stage where you can both strike a mutually satisfactory agreement which is just and legally binding.