Divorce Mediation: Seattle Area Locations

Seattle:

Seattle:

Bellevue

Equitable Mediation Main Phone: (425) 329-8609

Office Hours: 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday

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Let us put our Seattle divorce mediation expertise to work for you and your family.

As divorce mediators in Seattle, we know how devastating divorce can be.

That's why we mediate each case personally and do everything we can to make the divorce process less expensive, less time-consuming and less stressful for you and your children.

Joe Dillon & Cheryl Dillon

Equitable Mediation Co-Founders

What our Seattle divorce mediation clients are saying about us:

Expert Seattle Divorce Mediators

As the high-tech hub of the Pacific northwest, Seattle continues to evolve. But unfortunately, most Seattle divorce services have not.

Leaving couples seeking divorce mediation in Seattle no options other than to meet with their mediator and spouse face-to-face.

But it doesn’t have to be that way!

As pioneers in the field, couples seeking a divorce in Seattle can take advantage of our convenient, flexible, and cost-effective Mediation-On-The-Go™ online divorce mediation services. And eliminate the need to resolve the issues for their King County divorce in one of our Seattle or Bellevue office locations.

Leveraging the technology Seattle is so well known for, you and your spouse will work with our highly skilled and professional trained Seattle divorce mediator Joe Dillon, using your phone for audio and computer for online screen sharing. Enabling you and your spouse (with Joe's help), to negotiate the terms of your uncontested divorce in Seattle from any location you wish.

And if tech is not your thing and you’d rather mediate face-to-face, that’s fine, too. We offer in-person divorce mediation in Seattle and Bellevue by appointment.

So if you want a high quality divorce mediation Seattle style, that results in a fair and thorough agreement while putting your children first, choose Equitable Mediation.

If you and your spouse are seeking a divorce in Seattle, Bellevue or anywhere else in King County, Washington, have agreed to mediate, and are ready to begin the process, book an initial meeting for the two of you today.

Why mediate with us?

Frequently Asked Questions about Divorce Mediation in Seattle

Do parties who engage in a divorce mediation process also need to retain a family law attorney or divorce attorney to represent them?

While some clients choose to hire attorneys to review their settlement agreement (known as a Memorandum of Understanding in mediation) or provide legal advice throughout the mediation process, there is no requirement in King County that parties retain a lawyer as involving attorneys is a matter of personal choice.

We encourage our clients to work with an attorney at any point during or after mediation if they feel they need or want one. However, we find that the majority of our clients choose not to involve attorneys in their divorce.

What’s the difference between a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and a Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA)?

In mediation, a neutral third party mediator will draft what’s known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which contains all of the agreements the parties made with regards to items that affect their family such as parenting time and decision-making, child support, spousal maintenance and property division.

After mediation is completed, the agreements outlined in the MOU are then formally drafted by a qualified professional into a legally binding document known as the Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA), which is signed by the parties and is one of the (many) documents that are submitted to the court to finalize the parties' divorce.

What kind of divorce mediation training is necessary for divorce mediators? Seattle, Bellevue or anywhere else in King County for that matter don’t seem to have any requirements for who can be a divorce mediator!

Currently there are no mediation training requirements for those wishing to practice divorce mediation in King County.

That means anyone (and I mean anyone) can call themselves divorce mediators in Seattle.

It’s not uncommon for attorneys to call themselves a “divorce mediation lawyer” or a “mediation attorney” as they feel passing the bar also qualifies them to be divorce mediators. But in our opinion, litigating or advocating for one party is an entirely different skill set than acting as a neutral third party and assisting both parties towards fair and equitable resolution.

Read this article to learn more about how mediators and lawyers compare.

Helpful Seattle Divorce Services and Area Links:

• King County Family Court
• Seattle Child Support Office
• King County Metro Transit
• Seattle Center Monorail
• Bellevue Transit Center