You, your family, and your children can all benefit from online mediation. Your mediation goals will be as unique as the needs of your family.

The short answer is “Almost Everything!” This includes parenting plans, child support, spousal support, financial disclosures (yours, mine, ours), retirement assets, division of assets and debts, future care of special-needs members of the family, and how to handle future disagreements.

Online mediation can serve families across multiple time zones and multiple locations.

Online mediation can occur virtually anywhere that has internet access and privacy. Family members can be separated by vast distances or seated right next to each other.

Online mediation is less expensive than in-person mediation. I (Georgia) offer reduced rates to military families, and I accept credit cards. I will work with you to keep your mediation moving as quickly as possible. For active-duty military families and military retirees, I offer an 18% discount. A 90-minute online mediation session is $240 for military families, rather than $330. A comprehensive online divorce mediation will probably require between 9 and 15 hours of mediator time ($1,440 to $2,400). High conflict cases may take more hours to reach agreement but staying out of court is worth it.

I am a Legal Document Assistant; I am not a California attorney. I can prepare your court documents for you to represent yourself, according to your written instructions to me. My fee for document preparation is discounted to $1,500. The court filing fees vary from county to county, from $435 to $450 per party. A typical comprehensive divorce mediation may cost less than $5,000, including mediation, court documents for self-representation, and court filing fees.

I (Georgia) have experienced military family life first-hand. My first job as a new attorney after passing law school and my bar exam was as a JAGC officer, USNR, stationed at Naval Station Long Beach. Our only child was born in a naval hospital before my husband and I opted for civilian life in Oregon. I am a retired Oregon attorney; I am not a California attorney. I have been offering divorce mediation and family mediation in California since 2006. I am certified as an “Advanced Practitioner” by the Academy of Professional Family Mediators and as a “Senior Mediator” and “Online Family Mediator” at Mediate.com.

Many years ago, before I went to law school, my father died unexpectedly. Just before he died, as he reviewed his life, he told his hospital nurse that his children and his naval service were what he appreciated most. After law school, one of the reasons that I applied to be a Navy JAGC officer was to learn more about the Navy and why his service had been so important to my father. At the Naval Legal Services Office at Naval Station Long Beach, CA, I received excellent training in how to be a lawyer. I remain grateful to Captain Reed and to Lieutenant Richmond for their help and guidance. I want to give back to military service members and their families in appreciation for what I received long ago.