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mediation is a fantastic
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asset to use whenever you can
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most of the cases in texas or at least
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in north texas
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are going to have a requirement to go to
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mediation
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or you’re going to be limited in the
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amount of time you have going to trial
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the great thing about mediation is that
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it is the one time
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that you really have control over what
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the outcome is
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you’ve got you and your lawyer there
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you’ve got the other party and their
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lawyer there
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and then you have the mediator uh who is
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going to be
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another family attorney a lot of the
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time another board-certified family
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lawyer
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and on top of that a lot of times a
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former judge who is going to be going
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back and forth in assisting
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with trying to get a resolution to the
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case
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that’s a whole lot better most of the
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time
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than taking it to a judge so you’ve got
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some person wearing a black robe
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that is going to make a decision on how
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you divide
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your marital estate if you can do it
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it’s always going to be a better
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situation to do that
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in mediation because you can agree to
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things in mediation
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that frankly a judge can’t order