It is always a good idea to go through mediation when you decide to get a divorce, either if it is in person or online. Mediation can not only help prevent your divorce from going to trial, but you will have full control over the outcome rather than leave it to a judge. This is all possible due to a professional mediator that is going to oversee the process. Here is what you can expect a mediator to do during mediation.

Focus On The Big Issues

There are many aspects of a divorce that are going to be easy to settle, and for those issues, you may not even need to handle them in mediation. However, there will be some issues that turn into big problems, which is where mediation will help. Your mediator is going to help identify those big problems so that you can focus on them during meditation sessions. 

Help Make Informed Decisions

Your mediator is also going to help you make informed decisions during the meditation process. One way they do this is by informing you about the law. You likely are not familiar with what your rights are during a divorce, and what can and cannot be done. A mediator helps inform you about what the laws are so that you can use that during the decision-making process.

A mediator can also help you be informed about any potential tax and financial implications as a result of your divorce. This often happens when selling joint property, such as a home, so that you know the benefits and disadvantages of selling property. 

Help Facilitate A Discussion

Part of mediation is having a discussion with your spouse about how you are going to settle the divorce. The mediator helps act as a referee in a way since they can help with the back and forth between you and your spouse. You are going to have disagreements, and how you handle those disagreements is the key to having a successful divorce. Sometimes having that neutral party step in and look at things from their perspective can help smooth things out and move the process along. 

You may need someone to step in and actually propose a solution to a problem, which is one other way a mediator can help. You can use their proposal as a starting point and then go from there. It will help keep things moving along and help you avoid the courtroom in the end.  

For more information about online divorce mediation, contact a local company.