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Urgent: Can You Bring Witnesses to Divorce Mediation?

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Can you bring witnesses into divorce mediation? Only with both spouses' agreement, says New York divorce attorney Bill Leininger, since mediation is voluntary and confidential. Even a teenager who saw a relevant event can testify only if both sides consent—and the spouse it might expose will usually refuse. Without mutual agreement, no witness comes in.

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Answered by Bill Leininger · Staten Island, NY

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— why a witness can appear only if both spouses agree

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Can you bring witnesses into mediation?

Only with both spouses' agreement, since mediation is voluntary and confidential. Even a teenager who saw a relevant event can testify only if both sides consent, and the spouse it might expose will usually refuse, so without mutual agreement no witness comes in.

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