[Solved] mediation costs

Hi

I'm in a situation where through my solicitor I've suggested mediation with my son's mother as she's suddenly stopped me from seeing him.

I can't find any indication anywhere of how much mediation cost even if is is a ball park figure.

Any help or advice from anyone on the forum who has experience would be appreciated.

Thanks

Howie

Mediation is so expensive it's unreal the ex's usually say they're willing to go just to drag things out for longer and rinse you dry of money most mediators are proper money grabbing biased scum bags too I went through 4 of the numb nuts, I wish I never bothered and just went straight to court.

They charge anything between £75-£200 an hour and absolutely nothing is legally binding so the ex can just stop contact at any time and you have to start again, that said if you do come to an agreement in Mediation you can get what you've agreed put into an order through the court.

Personally I think it's a complete waste of time and your better off sacking it off and going straight for a court order by yourself no need for a solicitor either you will get the same outcome if you're represented or not.

RP- Call it a day mate and get yourself straight to court and tell the judge you simply can't afford to carry on with it you just need your c100 court application signed off by the mediator as mediation is mandatary before any court application.

Keep fighting Gents

Slim 🙂

Have a look at www.nfm.org.uk - you should be able to contact a local mediator and ask what they charge.

The costs vary, the correspondence that I know of is the National Family Mediation based in Exeter, but they are a nationwide distribution organization. Their charges are £96 for a MIAM and £171 for a Mediation session. However, beware because essentially individual mediation offices can charge what they like. When I contacted them about the MIAM that passed the details on to my local office and suddenly the MIAM was not £96 but £102 so beware! The price quoted by a central body that just distributes the work load to local offices seems to be an average or minimum, the price quoted is very rarely what you actually end up paying.

Many Thanks Slim,

I think you have confirmed what I was already seriously considering anyway, the law in England really does not seem to favor separated dads who work. Ironically I think I would get a better legal chance if I were not employed and surely that is completely backwards. The law makers just plain don't seem to realize that in the real world it is not possible to earn thousands upon thousands of pounds to fund, what can sometimes be, petty minded jealousy from a disgruntled ex who wants to play god with a child's life.

I just hope that the courts can see through her obvious [censored] minded-ness and allow me contact with my son.

Keep it real
RP

Absolutely spot on mate Mediators have jumped on board the gravy train like the rest of them who are involved in the family courts.

As I said the Judges do a far better job at mediation in the final hearing as all they want is for the parents to come to an agreement for the sake of the children.

100% the courts will see through your ex they've seen it a million times over it's like they read from a script on how to make up false allegations and make it difficult for a Father to be a Father.

As long as you haven't abused your child in any way and you don't have any previous convictions you are almost certain to get proper decent contact with your child ordered by the court at the end of the hearing it's very rare that a Father doesn't, a lot depends on how you approach your case and how you deal with everyone in the court.

It is difficult at first as the courts do tend to be cautious when allegations are banded about but once the case progresses and all the ex's allegations are proven wrong you will see things turn in your favour.

All solicitors do it financially ruin you, drag it out for longer, muddy the waters and cause you 100x more stress, when you represent yourself you're in control of your own destiny, you know your case best and the end result will be the same either way.

To be honest representing myself done me good it actually made me a better person I felt so proud standing up there fighting for my Girl it's such a confidence booster and I have not one regret.

We will give you plenty of support on here so keep posting away and your posts do help other dads in the same boat 🙂

Slim 🙂

...as long as you appreciate that there will still be a charge to sign off the C100 form that will enable you to apply to the court.

If your ex is on benefits then she will be entitled to funding for mediation costs and this will also cover your fee for the MIAM.

Good luck

Yeah I forgot about that they made me sit through an hour or absolute [censored], charged me £120 for the pleasure then signed off my C100 so I could go to court robbing *******

£120? Is that on top of the £215 application fee?

It may be cheaper just check with the Mediator first, yeah it's totally separate from the court fee but you have to get your C100 signed off first either way then you pay the £215 fee for the application at court.

Hi rpearson and gang.
I paid £100 per hour .... the ex also has to pay £100 per hour if they are working. I ended up attending 3 sessions x 1hr and mediation broke down then I got my forms filled in my mediation to allow me to complete my c100 and pay 215quid and apply to court!

Mediation is now an requirement I believe in order to apply to court for contact via c100.