Powerful Mediation Insights: The Truth About Joint Sessions
Do spouses always meet face-to-face in divorce mediation? Usually, but not where domestic violence is present—part of the 6 to 7% of cases that fail, explains New York divorce attorney Bill Leininger. If one spouse is too afraid to voice disagreement, fearing retaliation later, real negotiation is impossible. Sensing that, he declares a mediation impasse to protect them.
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Answered by Bill Leininger · Staten Island, NY
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— why fear can keep one spouse from speaking freely face-to-face
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Do spouses always meet face-to-face in mediation?
Usually, but not where domestic violence is present—part of the 6 to 7% of cases that fail. If one spouse is too afraid to voice disagreement, fearing retaliation, real negotiation is impossible, so he declares an impasse to protect them.
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