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DIVORCE AND FAMILY MEDIATION
At N.J. Mediation Center, LLC, we understand that divorce can be a complex. It is an emotional event as well as legal process.
We provide a safe setting for all parties to communicate their needs and interests while focusing on creating a resolution that incorporates fairness and takes into account the interest of all family members, especially the children who are affected the most and have the hardest time dealing with the emotional stresses of parents divorcing. We will serve as your neutral and compassionate mediation professional. As a family mediator, we will assist you in considering all of your issues and help you work through them.
- Dissolutions of marriage
- Separations—married and unmarried
- Parenting and custody agreements
- Child support
- Alimony
- Dividing property and debts
- Elder care issues
- Co-
habitation agreements
BENEFITS OF DIVORCE & FAMILY MEDIATION
- Helps the children by exposing them to less stress. Welfare of the children is the primary focus and parents are encouraged cooperate with one another especially in front of the children. Children will feel safe watching their parents resolve issues in calm fashion.
- Usually costs significantly less than litigation.
- Takes less time than litigation, allowing you to get back to your life sooner.
- Promotes communication and cooperation which benefits all family members. Even if it is difficult, all parties will benefit from reduced stress and anxiety.
- Allows the parties to retain control over their decisions and how quickly the issues are resolved.
- Provides opportunity for the parties to communicate their concerns and interests in an effective manner.
- Explores options completely separate of legal parameters.
- Research shows greater satisfaction with mediated agreements, which leads to less
post-
litigation disputes. - Confidentiality and privacy of mediation allow parties to feel safe in disclosing information relating to their conflict.
- Convenience of scheduling.
- Helps the parties retain any future relationship -
even after dispute or divorce. - To provide a safe place and organized framework for the parties to voice their concerns, focus on the issues and creating a resolution that works for all parties.
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING OF DIRECTOR, JENNY A. PUCHTA
FAMILY AND DIVORCE MEDIATION
- Divorce Mediation — 40 hours — Institute for Dispute Resolution, Montclair, NJ, 1999
- Divorce Mediation Internship — 40 hours — Institute for Dispute Resolution, Montclair, NJ, 2000
- Commercial and Family Mediation Training — 36 hours — Center for Mediation in Law, New York, NY, December 2001
- How to Effectively Negotiate and Settle Divorce Actions — 8 hours — 2002 Family Law Bench — Bar Conference — New Jersey State Bar Association, Woodbridge, NJ, April 2002
- Advanced Divorce Mediation Techniques — 8 hours — New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators, New Brunswick, NJ, May 2002
- Family Law Symposium — 6 hours — New Jersey State Bar Association, Woodbridge, NJ, January 2003
- Divorce Mediators Share Documents and Practice Methods — 6 hours — New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators, Somerset, NJ, March 2004
- Advanced Divorce Mediation Seminar -
— 6 hours — New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators, Somerset, NJ March 2005 - Becoming a Master Mediator Family Law Training — Ongoing continuous mediation training — The Family & Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, New York, NY, 2002 to present
- Ongoing continuous mediation training — Monthly peer mediation meetings, bi-
monthly meetings with New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators, meetings with ADR section of New Jersey State Bar Association, meetings with ADR section of New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Annual seminars for arbitrators and mediators given by the Association of Professional Mediators, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, New Jersey State Bar Association and New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
ARBITRATION TRAINING
- First Annual Arbitration Training Institute — 27 hours — American Bar Association
Section of Dispute Resolution, San Francisco, CA, May 19-
22, 2004
- Marital financial and responsibility issues
- Gay and lesbian partners
- Step family issues
- Inheritance disputes and will contests
- Post judgments
- Pendente lite issues
- Modifications of support and custody
- Pre-
marital agreements