When you choose to resolve your differences through mediation, you and your former partner retain control over the time scale of the process.
How long the whole process takes often depends on the complexity of the matters to be resolved, the quality of the communication between you and your former partner, and how well you both work with the mediator and each other.
Attending Mediation is often a significantly quicker and more time efficient way of reaching agreement.
Financial mediation timeframes often mirror the 3 months or so it takes to obtain a Conditional Divorce order, to give you both time to collect all the necessary financial information in the correct format, explore options and reach a robust settlement.
Typically, Financial mediations take between 3-5 sessions of 1.5 to 2 hours depending on, for example, whether pensions and businesses to consider.
Have a look at a typical 4 session Financial mediation process map.
Please also have a look at the chapters of this Manual and our video series
How to reach your own financial agreements-5 stages.
Maintenance agreements in mediation- 5 stages
Parent mediations can take anything from 1 mediation session to 3 or 4 sessions of 1.5-2 hours, depending on your circumstances although 2 or perhaps 3 are more common.
You might agree a plan in the first and second mediation session and return to a third mediation session a few months later, to review and adjust it especially if the situation is changing all the time.
Please have a look at the chapter of this Manual and our video series – Creating a Parenting Plan