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Virtual Divorce Meditation

Divorce is difficult under any circumstances, so why make it more difficult than it needs to be?

Using everyday technology, your divorce process doesn’t have to be as difficult as you might imagine. You don’t have to spend tens of thousands of dollars, and months of your valuable time, as lawyers and courts make you work on their timeline and not yours.

After 20 years as a mediation attorney, I have developed a specific process to help couples who have decided divorce is the only solution to their situation.

It is called Virtual Divorce Mediation, and I offer this solution to couples across the United States.

My Process Meets Your Needs

– Because it fits your timing and your schedule, instead of what’s convenient for others.

– You can “meet” from anywhere – your home, office, or even your car, as long as you have phone or Internet access.

– It works even if the couple does not want to be, or cannot be, in the same room.

– You receive personalized support at every step along the way.

Divorce Mediation Can Help

By changing the way you think of divorce, you can work through the divorce process in a much less stressful way than was once the case.

Divorce mediation can work for almost all couples, and my virtual process is highly effective  — saving you time, travel, and stress.

Who Can Benefit from My Mediation Process?

Time-crunched Professionals

There is no need for you to schedule trips to the attorney or to court. Work from your office, and on your schedule. Since you can more easily schedule “meetings”, the divorce process timeline moves much more quickly.

Those In Different Locations

Have you or your spouse moved to a different city since your separation? If so, virtual mediation can save you time and money compared to traditional methods using the court system.

Busy Parents

Raising children can keep a parent running 24/7. Using my system, it’s much easier to maintain your current obligations as a parent since scheduling is so much easier with fewer parties involved.

Those In High-conflict Relationships

The structure of mediation can allow you and your spouse to stay apart during the process, enabling you to get resolution with much less conflict.

The Steps Taken in my Mediation Process

  • Setting up the process

    I speak with you over the phone, either together or separately according to your preference. I answer any questions you have about the process. You both decide you would like to try mediation, and you are choosing me as their mediator.

  • Mediation Sessions

    My mediation sessions are typically two hours long, and this is where we begin. Virtual Mediation uses technology such as telephone conference calls, email and the internet to manage the process. Your location or that of your spouse is not relevant. Depending on the issues involved, we may solve the entire case in one session or only focus on the most time-critical matters.

  • Gathering Information

    You may need to organize data for some aspects of your case. This might involve disclosing documentation and other background data to one another (if they have not already done so) as to current values of your assets (value of cars, homes, and retirement accounts), credit card balances, mortgage amounts, and so forth.

  • Creating Documents

    At some point, you will decide to file the legal paperwork for a divorce. My services are a la carte. If we file the papers, when they are returned by the Court, I serve both parties and that commences the “interlocutory” six-month waiting period before a divorce can become final.

  • Court Approval

    Legal paperwork for an uncontested divorce gets drafted and circulated via electronically so that they can sign it and return it to me. I then compile all of this and submit it to the Court for the Judge to approve it. From this point forward, all that remains is for the legally mandated waiting period to pass and the divorce is final. You would never need to appear in Court.

What Clients Say About My Mediation Process

I would definitely recommend you to anyone going through a divorce. You made the transition of the end of our long term marriage go smoothly….you were very helpful in all our questions and issues we couldn’t deal with on our own.

H.M.

In my divorce, my ex had moved out of state and we used John as our mediator via phone and email. He did a very good job at helping us maintain progress on a number of complex issues that needed to be resolved so that we ended things amicably and fairly.

Laura H.

With John’s skillful mediation and diligence, we quickly moved through the final stages of our divorce process; support, house buyout, visitation and so forth, We had a final agreement reviewed and signed within 3 weeks of retaining John’s services.

B. R.

John Butler is a professional mediator who I trust completely. Two women in my life who are very dear personal friends were attempting to negotiate divorce settlements with their spouses. Each situation included a great deal of emotional turmoil, the litigation costs were staggering and the situation had reached an ugly stalemate.

Mitch S.

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