Welcome to Your Long Island Divorce Mediation Center
Exactly How to Divorce with Less Money, Time and Pain
Fred Klarer and the Long Island Center for Divorce Mediation offer you in this website more information on divorce and divorce mediation on Long Island than you probably want; by reading below you are going to learn…
–everything you need to know to realize that litigation is a disaster for you and your children
–that the legal system does not care about you; to get a result you want you are going to have to take charge of the process
–that spending vast sums of money on litigation won’t get you what you want
–how to keep your children out of the divorce process
–how to get it over with quickly
–how to avoid needless agony getting divorced
Have you heard the stories of just how painful a full divorce is? About two years ago, I (Fred Klarer – former divorce litigation lawyer and now doing only divorce mediation), saw a couple for divorce mediation. I pretty much told them the settlement they would probably end up with. Each was too angry to settle. Each wanted two things — to get everything and to hurt the other. So they decided against divorce mediation and found their own divorce lawyers. Each forked out $7500 to get going for the retainer. Each told their lawyer that they wanted to end up with the lion’s share., and their lawyers told them “No problem.”
Two years later, when the dust had settled after a contentious trial and the judge finally ruled on their case, the couple had spent over $60,000, hated each other even more, and the children had been forced to take sides. The irony was that the Judge’s settlement was precisely the one I had outlined two years earlier.
What was the point?
Do you qualify for divorce mediation?
Not everyone can take advantage of the process of divorce mediation. If one partner wants to get even or wants everything, or wants to hide assets, divorce mediation probably won’t work. But for those who are angry and yet can put that anger aside to avoid financial ruin, and who want
to be good to their children divorce mediation is the path to take.
Are you good candidates for mediation?
Can you put aside your anger for the sake of divorcing for far less
money?
Do you realize that when you give up control to the lawyers and the
judge, your situation becomes more unpredictable?
Do you want to ease the way for your children so that their lives are
more positive, after the pain of divorce?
Do you recognize that the courts do not take sides, even if there is
abuse or extra marital sex, when it comes to property division?
Benefits of Divorce Mediation through the Long Island Center for Divorce Mediation
1. You get a highly expert divorce mediator who has mediated
hundreds of cases, was one of the first divorce mediators on Long Island, and knows how to lead you both to a deal you can live with. Other mediators often come to me for advise.
2. You get my expertise as a former divorce litigator so that you are
always clear as to what might happen if you were to go to court instead. Believe me, the shock of hearing the truth about the court system has moved many a stubborn spouse forward to settlement.
3. You get my experience as a former business lawyer in Manhattan. Divorces always have a business deal embedded in them. I have negotiated hundreds of business deals between partner and adversaries – an art unto itself.
4. You get my compassion for your plight, based on my many years as a
Buddhist and as a former Buddhist Monk. This compassion will allow you to feel cared about and nurtured while you are going through what could be the most difficult experience of your life.
5. You get the benefit of my Harvard College and Harvard Law
School educations, combined with a practical common sense so that your
mediation ends up being a complete blueprint that helps you live through
your divorce and into a successful future.
6. You get my knowledge of human beings, based on the mentoring I have received over the years from my well-known psychologist wife, Dr. Diane Kramer, so that there is never an unfair power imbalance.
7. You get to spend a lot less money, so that there is more for you to keep
when you are single. Believe me, in this economy, that is not small
potatoes.
8. You get help with how to deal with the children. If you do not have your
own marriage counselor or therapist for yourself or your children, I will recommend one that fits your needs and situation.
9. You get help with budgets and financial thinking, so that you are getting
the experience as if you went to a separate financial planner.
10. You will be really listened to and helped as quickly as possible so that
there are no wasted sessions that are often included in fixed session
divorce mediation packages.
To check out our expertise and learn for yourself, call or email me right now to set up a totally free consultation and assessment of your situation. We guarantee that you will end up with a divorce that will save you time, money, and pain. I guarantee that I will really listen to you.
We are located in the heart of Huntington Village.
Call me today at 631-261-0178 or email me with the form to the right to set up an appointment today. Every delay causes you and your family more pain, more potential disruption and more personal unhappiness.
Fred Klarer
