At Transforming Conflict LLC, the goal is to help you attack the source of the conflict, not each other. Studies demonstrate that parties who are active and feel empowered in resolving their conflict do better emotionally, financially and legally than those who delegate responsibility to the courts.
I provide divorce, adoption, eldercare, family business and other family-related mediation services through a proven problem-solving process.
Estate Planning
In the best of all possible worlds, estate planning provides opportunities for partnerships and a way for survivors to honor your memory. Too often, though, estate decisions lead to financial, emotional and legal wrangling. So you need to do your best - now - to resolve disputes, foster communication, and decrease acrimony for issues such as these:
- Business-related: What will the order of succession be in a family business?
- Financial-related: Who will manage the finances for the surviving parent?
- Property-related: Who will inherit the family home?
- Personal-related: What happens to mom's wedding ring or the family heirlooms?
Mediation is an effective approach because it encourages all the issues - financial, legal and emotional - to surface so they can be examined and put to rest. As your mediator, I can help create an open, constructive dialogue about difficult subjects, building a collaborative spirit that leads to mutually satisfying agreements.
Will Contests
Probate & Trust Administration
Mediation can be used to clear up ambiguity and resolve problems after death and during probate and trust administration. If your goal is a genuine solution - not a finding of fault -- mediation allows for more flexible communication than formal court procedures allow.