This is Lopez Mediation.

I have engaged in the practice of law for more than 40 years. My experiences allow me to conclude the following:

• Contested divorces are time-consuming and very expensive.
  
  
• Because divorces pit one side against the other, both parties typically fight to win at all costs.
  
  
• With the battles raging, stresses increasing and savings disappearing, both parties become so angry that they cannot think clearly about what is in their best interest and the best interest of their children.
  
  
• After the dust settles, two things become very clear; you and your spouse are the big losers; your children are the biggest losers.

Are you looking for an effective and affordable option?

If you and your spouse are thinking about a divorce, or have other family issues, you should know the benefits of working together with a mediator.

More and more couples are choosing a mediator to help them reach a full settlement; a mediator who then prepares the marital settlement agreement and all divorce or other papers required by the court.

Walter M. Lopez, Jr., a Supreme Court certified family mediator, is that person.