Minnesota Divorce and Child Custody Mediation Services

ChristieLegal Practices Facilitative and Transformative Mediation In An Effort To Help Clients Reach Agreements in Minnesota Divorce and/or Child Custody Cases

I, as ChristieLegal (or Christie Legal), have been a Minnesota family law (divorce and/or child custody law) paralegal since 2012, and I have been doing this work since November 2013, so I have knowledge of Minnesota divorce and child custody laws. As a result, people can use me as a resource for what Minnesota family laws state while mediating. However, since I am a paralegal and mediator, I'm NOT A LAWYER OR AN ATTORNEY, I cannot give either party legal advice.

ChristieLegal's / My Mediation Process

I start with transformative mediation practices when mediating with Minnesota divorce and/or child custody case parties because the parties are more likely to lead to an agreement that will last longer than the end of the divorce and/or child custody case. The goal of transformative mediation is to help people better understand each other’s thoughts and feelings about the issues in the divorce and/or child custody case. When people better understand each other, they’re more likely to be able to reach an agreement that’s agreeable to both parties. When people reach an agreement that they buy into, instead of it being forced upon them by the court, they will be less likely to want to take each other to court multiple times for child custody issues. 

After the parties seem to understand each other’s points of view on the issues, I use facilitative mediation practices. The goal of facilitative mediation is to help people reach agreements on the unresolved issues in the divorce and/or child custody case.

The Cost of Mediation With ChristieLegal / Me

• I, as ChristieLegal, charge less than the cost of hiring lawyers and battling it out and less than hiring a lawyer who's also a mediator to mediate. 
• Plus, I give a 10% discount to my heroes – EMTs, firefighters, military members, law enforcement and corrections officers, teachers, mental health care providers, including drug and alcohol abuse treatment providers, and social workers, and veterans of those careers. In addition, I give folks who earn less than $70,000 per year together a sliding scale fee discount up to 20%.
• My minimum payment is the cost of 2 hours of mediator, paralegal, and administrative services, and it must be paid upfront in its entirety.