Lebanon Mediation Services can help you!!

                mediation@jub.org


Mediation can solve problems
¨      With a neighbor
¨      With a neighbor’s children
¨      With a local business
¨      With a landlord or tenant
¨      With a city, borough, or township
¨      With persons at work
¨      With a former spouse/partner

 Mediation is helping people resolve conflicts peacefully.

It isn’t about winning or losing…bringing in witnesses…or stacks of evidence.  It is not about proving anyone wrong.  Instead it is about each person deciding what he or she needs in order to solve a problem – and coming up with a solution that everyone agrees will work.

What participants do
¨      Tell their side of the story
¨      Listen to what other participants have to say
¨      Reach agreements they can live with

 What mediators do
¨      Provide a neutral setting for face-to-face negotiation
¨      Clarify the issues that need to be resolved
¨      Help participants reach realistic settlement options
¨      Prepare the written agreement between the participants


Divorce/Custody Mediation:  This is a special service offered to help folks navigate divorce and custody issues.  Mediators will help you and your partner identify issues that need to be resolved, disclose relevant financial information, discuss parenting expectations and children’s living arrangements, and explore needs and interests, generate settlement options, and seek an agreement you both can live with.

Benefits of Divorce/Custody Mediation include:

      - Clients retain control over important financial and parenting decisions.
- Mediation promotes cooperation and communication, which may improve the post-divorce relationship.
- Reduced conflict between parents eases stress on children.
- All proceedings are confidential, so public disclosure or personal information can be avoided.
- Because the parties do the negotiating, mediation is typically less expensive than litigation.

   Mediation also offers family services relating to:
        separation of married or unmarried partners
        post-divorce parenting and grandparenting arrangements
        parent or step-parent/child concerns
        adoption and legal guardianship
        pre-nuptial or habitation agreements
        estate controversies
        family business conflicts

     Lebanon Mediation Service is a local, non-profit program using professionally trained volunteer mediators.  Disputing parties come together in a neutral setting to work through their problems and find an agreement acceptable to both.
    Mediation is simple.  First we speak with you by telephone, privately and confidentially, to hear your perspective and answer any questions you may have about the mediation process.  Then, if the parties aggress, we will arrange for both to meet with two mediators.
    Mediators will remain neutral and do not represent either party.  They do not take sides, place blame, or tell people what to do.  Their goal is to help resolve conflicts between persons.
    For some services, a small fee is charged.  Donations are accepted to help pay for the expenses incurred by the program.
    The use of Lebanon County Mediation Services has been encouraged by local governments and agencies.

Contact:

Lebanon Mediation Services

277-0111
or email
mediation@jub.org