Nada is a Trained Family Mediator. Nada specializes in working with couples that are divorcing or separating to create parenting plans that would allow them to co-parent their child/children successfully. Nada works with families all across Ontario and Canada.  Nada provide virtual family mediation. Please contact Nada  if you would like to create a parenting plan between you and your former partner that keeps your child/children best interests at heart. 

Please see below some questions that you may have about Family Mediation and Parenting Plans: 

 

What is Family Mediation?

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Family Mediation is a confidential and non-adversarial process that intends to help divorcing and separating couples reach agreements on all issues relating to their separation. It is often the preferred choice for couples wishing to avoid the timely, costly, and emotionally draining process of litigation (family court).

 

What is a Parenting Plan?
A parenting plan is a comprehensive agreement that outlines how you will co-parent your child/children once you are separated or divorced. It answers questions about parenting time and a child/children's living arrangements.

A parenting plan typically includes:
 

1. Details about the living arrangements for minor children including days per week (or hours per day) each parent has rights or responsibilities

2. Decision making regarding the children’s education, health care, and religious upbringing.

3. ​​Daily and weekly schedules regarding school and extracurricular activities and holidays.
    

Why Mediate Your Parenting Plan?
It is important to establish a schedule as part of mediating a parenting plan. Even after your separation or divorce is finalized, you and your former partner will still be engaged and need to work together in raising your child or children. 

While you are mediating your parenting plan, I will teach you both how to anticipate where conflicts could arise when raising your child/children and work with you both to proactively address these concerns so that you and your former partner's working relationship as parents can be protected. 

Mediating a Parenting Plan is an effective strategy that benefits you both as parents. Mediation can help to: 

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1. Reduce conflict between you and your former spouse now and in the future

2. Develop or enhance a positive ongoing co-parenting relationship that benefits the kids as well

3. Support the mental, social and emotional health of your child/children 

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What happens after the Parenting Plan has been mediated?

The Parenting Plan is part of your Separation Agreement document. Once the Parenting Plan has been agreed on, you and your former partner will need to seek independent legal advice to assist with adding the Parenting Plan into the Separation Agreement document. The Separation Agreement document can be filed in Family Court which would make your Separation Agreement legally binding

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The Benefits of Mediation

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1. You save time. 

With Nada as the Family Mediator, you and your former spouse can negotiate a Parenting Plan without the lengthy delays of the family court system as well as create a Parenting Plan that is customized to both of your needs and the needs of your child/ children. If you and your former spouse are currently involved in the court process, you both can decide to mediate at any time.

   2. You save money.

When providing mediation services, Nada works with both parties, therefore the cost would be lower as opposed to each of you separately retaining a lawyer for the process. Furthermore, some of the mediation cost could be covered through your workplace insurance or extended health or insurance coverage. 

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3. Nada specializes in people.
Nada provides expertise in child-development and conflict resolution to help you both create your Parenting Plans, while ensuring the needs of the child/ children are kept in mind and at the forefront. 

  4. Nada is here for the long-term. 
Nada can remain available in the long run. What this means is that if any future dispute come up, Nada is here to help, without you both needing to contact a lawyer. 

Nada is firmly committed to providing expert and unbiased support that seeks to remove conflict and effectively help parents co-parent.