Collaborative · Confidential · Court-Free

Divorce, taken
slowly &
honestly.

Most divorces do not have to go to a courtroom. Most of them, in fact, never should. Your Business is a mediation practice that helps two people work out the terms of their separation together — at the speed of conversation, with the dignity intact, and a fraction of the cost.

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94% Settle Without Court

"We never raised our voices once. The mediator made room for both of us."

— Recent Client

Our Approach

A different room.
A different conversation.

Mediation is not a softer kind of litigation. It is a different process altogether — one in which both people sit at the same table, agree on the terms together, and leave with an agreement they helped write. Our role is to keep that conversation honest and moving forward.

Both parties in the room.

Unlike traditional divorce, where each spouse retains an attorney and the lawyers negotiate against each other, mediation begins with both partners present and a neutral third party guiding the conversation. The room is calmer, the cost lower, and the agreement is one you both authored.

We meet jointly, every session. There are no back-channels, no surprise filings, no separate strategy memos. Whatever is said, is said in front of both of you.

At the speed of agreement.

Court calendars set the pace of litigation. In mediation, you set the pace. Couples who are aligned on the basics often finish in four to six sessions over six to eight weeks. Couples who need more time take more time — without the cost of litigation accumulating in the background.

Each session is ninety minutes. Most clients meet weekly. The full process averages eight weeks, end to end.

Built around the children.

If you have kids, the parenting plan is the document we draft most carefully. It is also the one most likely to fail, when written by lawyers who never met the children. We take time to understand the rhythm of your family — schools, schedules, the things that matter — and to write a plan that holds up to it.

Our co-parenting workbook is yours to keep, regardless of whether you engage us further.

Before · During · After

What the arc looks like.

Mediation is a defined process with a beginning, a middle, and a clean ending. Here is how the eight weeks typically unfold — though no two engagements are identical, and we adapt the rhythm to the couple in front of us.

Before
we meet

Weeks -2 to 0

The groundwork

You complete a joint intake and a financial-disclosure packet, and you each spend thirty minutes on the phone with your assigned mediator separately — not to negotiate, but to be heard one-on-one before the joint sessions begin.

Joint intake form, completed by both
Financial disclosures from both parties
30-min individual phone call, each spouse
Engagement letter & sliding-scale fee set

During
mediation

Weeks 1 to 6

The conversations

Four to six joint sessions, ninety minutes each, typically weekly. We work through assets, parenting plans, support, and whatever else needs resolving — one topic at a time, with everything documented as we go.

Session 1 — Goals & ground rules
Session 2 — Parenting plan & schedule
Session 3 — Property & assets
Session 4 — Support & financial future
Session 5–6 — Loose ends & memorandum

After
signing

Weeks 7 to 8+

The paperwork

We translate the agreement into a Memorandum of Understanding, then your respective review attorneys verify it before you each sign. We file the uncontested petition with the court and walk you both through the final hearing — typically a five-minute appearance.

Memorandum of Understanding drafted
Independent review-attorney verification
Uncontested petition filed
Final hearing & judgment
One-year check-in call included

Engagements We Offer

Three paths through the same door.

Most clients choose Full Mediation, but the practice supports a range of needs — from a single conversation to a full eight-week engagement to ongoing post-divorce support.

Discovery Session

A single ninety-minute joint conversation to understand your situation, identify the issues, and recommend a path. Some couples leave knowing mediation is right; others discover they need different counsel — and we tell them so.

$420 flat

— 90 minutes · joint —

Full Mediation

The complete eight-week engagement: intake, individual calls, four to six joint sessions, Memorandum of Understanding, court filing, and a one-year check-in. Sliding-scale pricing based on combined household income.

$3,800 – $7,200 flat

— 6 to 10 weeks · sliding scale —

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Post-Divorce Mediation

For divorced couples who need to revisit a parenting plan, support arrangement, or relocation question. Same calm process, applied to a narrower question. Common at the two- and five-year marks.

$240 per 90-min session

— Ongoing · billed per session —

Voices Of Clients

What couples have said afterwards.

"We started with a list of things we could not agree on, and finished with a plan we both signed. The mediator never took sides — she just made sure we were actually hearing each other for the first time in months."

Naomi & Daniel

Mediated · Spring 2025

"Our lawyers had quoted us forty thousand dollars and a year in court. We finished mediation in eleven weeks for under seven thousand. More importantly, we still talk. Our kids still see us in the same room."

Beatriz & Marcus

Mediated · Autumn 2024

Divorce, taken
slowly &
honestly.