What Is Mediation?

Simply, mediation is a form of dispute resolution where the parties involved bring in an impartial third party to use his/her expertise to help them work through their differences to a solution. The parties to disputes that may be mediated can include individuals, corporations, organizations and even governments.

To begin a mediation, a nonpartisan mediator who is knowledgeable in the area of dispute is brought in by the parties to guide them in negotiation, to air differences and to arrive at at a solution or agreement to the matter at hand.

Mediation lends itself most easily to situations where both parties have an interest in reaching an agreement that works for both.  Such situations include prenuptial agreements, divorce, separation, eldercare, family issues, estate disputes, medical issues, grievances, land use, landlord-tenant disputes, contracts and other disputes that are not highly adversarial.

Mediation has been around in one form or another ever since man started having business or social interactions with each other.  Mediators have been known over time by many other names including medium, interpolator, intercessor, conciliator, interlocutor and more.  Some cultures have restricted the use of mediation and/or required that only certain authorities can act as a mediator.

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• Oksana Held Back Cards During Mediation With Mel TMZ.com Blog
Washington PostOksana Held Back Cards During Mediation with MelTMZ.com blogSources directly connected with Oksana Grigorieva tell TMZ that she purposely kept at least one key piece of evidence out of play during the mediation with Mel Gibson mediation deal being investigatedContactmusic.comGossip 15 Million Settlement Between Mel Gibson amp Oksana Grigorieva May Be 411mania.comPolice Investigate Mel Gibson39s Money Deal With Oksana For ExtortionOnTheFlixExaminer.comall 180 news articles raquo
• LecTec Corporation Announces Mediation Has Concluded MarketWatch Press Release
LecTec Corporation Announces Mediation Has ConcludedMarketWatch press releaseThe details of its mediation and trial preparation are confidential. LecTec continues to be confident in its case and a positive outcome at trial. and more raquo
• Mediator: Broward Schools Canapost Afford Teachersapos Raises MiamiHerald.com
Mediator: Broward schools can39t afford teachers39 raisesMiamiHerald.comI believe the district followed the correct course of action, from negotiation to mediation to ultimately impasse to reach a resolution,3939 Broward and more raquo
• Loan Mediation Program: 43 Stayed In Their Homes Reno Gazette Journal
Loan mediation program: 43 stayed in their homesReno Gazette JournalFirst year statistics for the Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program show that 43 percent of and more raquo
• Mediation Proves Slow For PCSSD And PACT KATV
Mediation Proves Slow for PCSSD and PACTKATVAfter nearly ten hours of mediation, the Pulaski County Special School District39s board and teachers union seem no closer to a resolution than before. PCSSD parties start court ordered mediation, pause for board meetingTodayaposs THVPCSSD, union fail to reach agreement todayArkansas NewsTeachers, board call stalemateArkansas Online subscriptionall 4 news articles raquo