Mediation versus litigation in divorce and why a litigator becomes a mediator

There are two ways in which the issues pertinent to the final dissolution of a marriage can be determined: the traditional adversarial process or the divorce mediation process. This paper discusses each of these processes, contrasts the effect of each process on the pre and postdivorce family, and explains why a family and marital attorney with a successful law practice steeped in the traditional adversarial process voluntarily chose to terminate that practice to dedicate herself to family mediation.