Author: Patrick Ward

3 Ways Mediation Helps Parenting Plans

One of the challenges for parents during and after a divorce is figuring out how to co-parent in a way that meets the children’s best interest. Parenting decisions can become especially difficult when resentments have been building up for some time. Now that you’ve made the decision to divorce, often these previously unstated resentments are […]

Why Mediation is So Important to Me

I was a long-time litigator representing the State of Oregon in child welfare cases. My job was hard – factually, legally, and emotionally. At one point, I had to acknowledge that I did not like my job and needed to find something else – something that I could feel privileged to do. I needed to […]