Written Response on a Child Custody Filing

Jesse Barrientes: In writing respond. And they’ll set it for status or hearing. And we’ll talk about some of the other intricacies and the other processes and steps that generally have to take place in that. But they will send them to mediation. Now mediation is a wonderful process because the mediation that you engage in is what they call facilitative mediation. And that means that the mediator is the person who is in control of the process. And the Aurora parties, the litigants, are in control of the outcome. And essentially it’s better for the parties to be able to determine what the outcome is going to be than to allow the judge, who can only listen to a thumbnail sketch of the situation of the parties lives at best, and then make a decision based upon the best interests of the children. And again we’ll get into those other things, but mediation I want to stress is not only required, it’s important. It’s important for people to go to that process with an open mind.

With an eye towards resolving it. Because I’m going to tell you that if you don’t it’s going to be a long, protracted – although supreme courts says it has to be done within a year and a half, there has to be a determination with respect to custody on those issues, but if you go in with an eye towards resolving those issues, a lot of times they can be worked out. And sometimes the issues of custody – sometimes there are deeper problems that a really good mediator will be able to figure out and be able to let the parties kind of bring it to light. And they’ll express their concerns. And again the parties are the ones that will – or should in a successful, real facilitative mediation, be able to come to an agreement.

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