so mediation is probably the most well

known and when we’re talking about adr

we often

you know default effect to mediation as

the label but officially we have a whole

bunch of other things we have financial

early neutral evaluation which is

dealing with the money issues we have

social early neutral evaluation

which is dealing with the kid issues we

have parenting consultants

we have consensual special magistrates

special masters arbitration you know

depending on what process makes the most

sense for

you know the family or for your client

you know all of these options are

available uh depending on the

circumstances so that’s kind of the the

main list we deal with but

the the law allows people to kind of

create their own process also there’s

some very creative ideas out there

and sometimes there’s certain cultural

traditions or religious practices that

are respected in different forms of adr

and so we acknowledge those and so

sometimes the you know other life

experiences inform the adr process more

than maybe a court hearing or than

traditional mediation would