Its no surprise that more than half of all marriages end in divorce. More surprising is the cost of these divorces with legal fees averaging $20,000 to $50,000 per couple. Add in the anger, hatred, and bitterness, and the stage is set for long-term financial and emotional recovery. Fortunately, marriages can be dissolved in a respectful and dignified manner through mediation. Typical average cost: $1,000 to $2,000. This enormous saving frees up funds that may be used for more productive purposes like home purchases and college educations.
Unlike the typical court litigated divorce, mediation is non-adversarial, enabling couples to forge future relationships that offer more courtesy and respect. This is particularly important if the divorcing couple will be raising children in separate homes. Additionally, mediated agreements tend to last longer than court awards as it is the couple who decides what they want and not a judge.
At Carolina Divorce Mediators, we will effectively facilitate you and your spouses discussion in the division of your marital assets and, if you have children, the authoring of a comprehensive parenting agreement. Highly trained in conflict resolution, we will help you sift through the emotions that might prevent agreement and help you focus on your interests so you may achieve your goals and plan for your and your children's future. We will not make decisions or impose settlements, but act as neutrals to help you move forward to where we want to go and away from where weve been.
Statistically, fifty percent of couples who originally went to court are back within a year seeking a modification to a court imposed judgment or on a contempt charge for not complying with an order. Participants in a mediated case are far less likely to go to court to change an agreement because they negotiated it themselves in the first place.
Our process helps you build agreements that work and endure.
Primary Specialty
Counselor
GenderMale
EducationUniversity of Georgia
AffiliationsOfficer and Director of the North Carolina Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution. Board of Directors for the Charlotte Chapter of the American Education Foundation. Board Member of the North Carolina Association of Professional Family Mediators. Member of the Dispute Resolution section of the North Carolina Bar Association
We had a great experience with Mr Hardy! Very informative with sorting matters out! He actually complimented my former husband and I of being agreeable and making the process easier! I listened to the phone recording, he suggested, on how children are afflicted by divorce and that encouraged us to keep it peaceful! Affordable and effective! Very pleased!