My primary practice is Collaborative Divorce and Mediation, assisting parties to settle family legal issues in a supportive environment outside of the stress and co ... more
Unfortunately the legal process is too expensive, complicated, time-consuming, byzantine, and too often does not produce satisfactory resu ... more
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Disputes are uncomfortable — very often painful — and will consume your energy voraciously. As a s ... more
Paula J. Trout is President and CEO of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Forums. She provides ADR services in mediation, negotiation, facilitation, conciliation, settlement conferences, fact finding (decisional and pre-decisional), early neutral evaluation (ENE), investigation an ... more
The majority of my mediation clients are actively seeking to divorce. I also mediate all of the following: pre-marital agreements (formerly known as prenuptial agreements), ma ... more
Welcome to the Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM)
Members of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM) provide mediation services to families facing decisions involving separation, divorce or marital dissolution, child custody, parenting, visitation, property division, wills and estates, elder care, spouse sup ... more