How can a family mediate a dispute?

There are many family members. How do we get together?

How do I start the mediation process?

Q: There are many family members. How do we get together?

Recognizing that families may live cities apart, mediation can be conducted over the telephone via conference calling. However, face to face meetings are always the best especially with the hearing and sight problems that an elderly loved one may experience. I prefer email communication with family memers to agree on a date, time and place for the mediation.

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Q: How do I start the mediation process?

Most any conflict can be mediated. However where there is active drug or alcohol abuse or other serious conditions that may effect a person's mental faculties, lasting agreements are difficutl. Both parties should contact me jointly to discuss fee arrangements and schedule a date, time and place for the mediation to begin.

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Mary J. Hoeller is a registered nurse and attorney who practices in the area of civil litigation for 26 years. She has trained in family mediation, eldercare mediation, civil mediation and foreclosure mediation. She practices in the area of Elder Law, estate planning, wills, power of attorneys, advance directives, living wills, health care directives, business litigation, real estate and medical negligence. Her mediation practice focuses on pre-divorce, divorce, foreclosure and eldercare issues.

Mary practices in the State and Federal courts of Indiana including Marion, Hendricks, Hancock, Boone, Hamilton, Morgan, Johnson and Shelby counties.