BDFM can help you resolve any issues connected with the end of your relationship and at any time during or after your separation. These issues might include:

• Arrangements for your children
• What happens to the family home
• Dividing your assets and your debts
• Child support and maintenance payments

BDFM can also help when there is dispute with the wider family and in any issue that is affecting your family life.

What happens when I first attend?

You may have been referred to us by your solicitor or another service professional, or you may have contacted us in person to arrange an appointment.

In the first instance we will book a pre-mediation appointment with one of our mediators. The mediator will use this time to find out more from you about the current situation and the issues you need to resolve. The mediator will also talk in more detail about how mediation works.

The first meeting can be for you on your own, or for both of you together. If we see you together for this first meeting, we will still spend a few minutes with you separately in order to check out any concerns you may have.

We will only proceed to mediation when you have both had the opportunity to attend a pre-mediation meeting.