MCFM is a non-profit organization established over twenty years go by family mediators interested in sharing knowledge and setting guidelines for family mediation. MCFM is the oldest professional organization in Massachusetts dedicated to family mediation.

MCFM serves the public and its members by:

• Providing information about divorce and family mediation
• Maintaining a mediator referral directory
• Publishing the Family Mediation Quarterly
• Providing continuing education to divorce mediators and other professionals
• Setting standards to guide the professional practice of mediation
• Offering a certification program for qualified members
  
  

MCFM encourages the parties to discuss the following issues with their mediator.

• Background and experience of mediator
• Hourly fees and probable cost of mediation
• Appropriateness of the mediation process for the parties and alternatives if mediation is not appropriate
• The use of ongoing legal representation
• The requirement that each individual provide complete financial disclosure
• The confidentiality of the mediation process
• The right of either party to terminate mediation at any time