Part 4
Part 4 of the Manual provides you with the information and supporting documentation you need to be able to work together with the mediator to create an effective Parenting Plan and fully understand the impact that any conflict may be having on your children.
Part 4- Chapters
Chapter 12 – Creating a coparenting plan together
One of the keys to raising emotionally secure children is the need for separated parents to work together positively in their children’s best interests, planning their child arrangements together. This Chapters, resources and forms offers help and support with this.
Chapter 13 – How do children respond to parental separation?
This Chapter and resources offer insight into the impact parental separation can have on children, motivating and encouraging parents to work together in their children’s best interests.
Chapter 14 – The Voice of the Child
Child inclusive mediation involves giving children and young people (of an appropriate age) an opportunity to be able to express their wishes and feelings (‘a voice’) (without pressure or influence) to an independent child expert (Direct Child Consultant) when their parents separate, using the mediation session to make important decisions about them.
Section 4 – Help with the Pension Expert
Most pensions on divorce experts (PODE) prefer not to have direct contact with the people they are preparing a report for, preferring to remain arm’s length, as a neutral (referred to in the legal system as a single joint expert).