Welcome to Kent Family Mediation Service
We provide a service across the County for separating and divorcing couples to help them come to an agreement between themselves in respect their children and financial matters for the future.
We offer an initial assessment meeting with an impartial trained mediator. This can be either a joint or separate appointment. At this meeting clients will be provided with information regarding the medition process and other ways of resolving your issues. You will also given the opportunity to be assessed for Legally Aided Mediation. This initial meeting will be FREE to both of you if either one or both of you are found to be eligible for Legal Aid. Our service is then free throughout if you are eligible for Legal Aid. If you are not eligible then our subsidised fees will apply.
As a 'not-for-profit' service our fees are subsidised through grants and donations. This makes mediation a very cost effective way to resolve your dispute.
Should both parties wish to proceed, they will be asked to sign an Agreement to Mediate and further appointments can then be arranged. Typically, mediation on Child Only matters can take 2-3 meetings and mediation involving Finance and Property can take
3-5 meetings.
We are based in Sittingbourne, but we can also provide venues in Gillingham, Maidstone, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells and Gravesend.
MEDIATION INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT MEETINGS (MIAMS)
With effect from 6 April 2011 it will be necessary to attend a MIAMS with a qualified mediator before being able to make an application to court. Please contact our office for more information.