Family Mediation Services Centre Melbourne | Separation & Divorce Mediation Gold Coast

Who Are We

Convergence is the coming together of a group.

During separation it is normal for you to drift away very quickly from your ex-partner and head down different paths. Your emotions can influence your decisions as you are often hurt, angry and sad.

To try and make decisions together on important issues such as your children and your finances is often impossible.

At Convergence, we as a separation mediation service centre in Melbourne, Brisbane & Gold Coast have developed a new way, where a team of professionals will work with you both to direct you down the right path for decision making along with providing crucial information for your circumstances and your family.

At Convergence, we work with you in the hope that you can achieve a plan together without bearing the costs of our stressful legal system.

The fighting can stop and you can both be heard in a caring environment.

If you “CONVERGE” for a short period of time you CAN get on your new life path faster, happier and healthier.

Why you need this

The Family Court System is a costly system both financially and emotionally.

The average time frame to go through the Court System from the time of your Initial Application until your Final Trial and Trial Decision is a minimum of 12-18 months. If there are delays with the reports, evaluations or disclosure, this can even go on for 2-3 years.

Costs can easily be between $60,000-$100,000 for each party by the time of your Trial.

The emotional toll the Court Process will have on you cannot be reversed.

The Solution: What do we do?

First Factor

We provide you with all the resources you need under one roof to work exclusively with your family for a fortnight to help you reach your own Agreement.

Second Factor

No waiting time for reports or mediation dates and a team who is dedicated to helping you avoid the Court System.

The Process: How do we do this?

Your Family Consultant

An initial session with your Family Consultant will occur. In this session, the other experts required for your family will be identified. Your Family law mediation Consultant will then organize all of your appointments and they will be there with you on the day of your Divorce Mediation Session on the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Brisbane.

The fees for your Family Consultant and your Mediator are compulsory for this process. The other experts are only booked if required.

For Parenting & financial Agreements

All the meetings above occur for you over a fortnight period.

For Parenting Agreements

Just like in the Court Process your family will meet with a Family Report Writer. They will conduct the same interviews that would occur for Court but instead of you needing to provide an affidavit of your history which can cost you thousands of dollars from a lawyer, this information will be given verbally.
Your family consultant will then provide their recommendations verbally in a mediation session you attend.
If your family has any issues related to Child Support Finances, you will each have a session with a Child Support Expert who will present their recommendations in the mediation session.
If there are any medical concerns a session will occur with a Medical Representative who will provide their recommendations in the final mediation session.

For financial agreements

A financial expert will meet with each of you to discuss your financial situation. You will provide to them any financial disclosure that you have, including earnings, property evaluations, business evaluations and superannuation amounts.
The financial expert will attend the Mediation and present their report regarding the property pool amount.

The Final Mediation Session

This session will be facilitated by an accredited mediator. So if you are unable to reach an agreement, or you do but then wish to move this matter into the Court System you will be provided with the Certificate to do so, such that this would never be a waste of your time.

Your Mediator and your Family consultant will be at the family mediation centre Gold Coast, Melbourne and Brisbane the whole day with you. The other experts will provide the information to you and will then leave (we can call them back throughout the day if required). We have this team all day for you, as we have found it leads to more successful resolutions. This team is there to support you , the decisions are always your own but they can help you interpret all the information the experts have provided to you.

All the experts that you have consulted with will attend you at mediation centre to answer any additional questions as well as to help you reach the best agreement possible. All the experts we use cannot be used again if your matter progress to Court so you can trust that they are all there with the same goal of helping you avoid the Court System.

Agreement will then be sent to you which you can then file yourself in the Court System to save legal costs. If you would like a lawyer for this final step one can be recommended.

The Benefit: Why you should do this?

Set costs for what you need. You won’t keep getting bills from a lawyer that may add up to triple the costs of this process if you continue through to a Trial.

No hidden agendas just a group of experts who don’t agree with the costs, the time or the emotional damage our Court System takes on you.

Fast tracked: All the experts and their recommendations in 1-2 weeks, not 1-2 years.

Everyone in the room is there for you, to help you resolve your settlement so you can move on with your life.