Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation

Whyman Law and Mediation is exclusively devoted to the out-of-court settlement of all Family Law matters through the use of Family Mediation, Collaborative Family Law, and Lawyer-to-Lawyer negotiation. The role I assume as a mediator is that of a neutral, working with both parties at the same time to encourage communication and problem solving in order to help them reach an agreement through a respectful face-to-face negotiation. In Collaborative Family Law cases I represent one of the parties in a negotiation that takes place with both parties and their lawyers in the same room, working together to generate creative solutions and an agreement that both parties consider fair and reasonable. Sometimes clients feel that they are not able to work directly with one another in the same room. In this situation a lawyer-to-lawyer negotiation might work best for the parties. In a lawyer-to-lawyer process I represent one of the parties and negotiate with the other lawyer directly to find a solution that both parties believe is fair and reasonable. An initial consultation usually helps clients determine which process is right for them.

Areas of practice include parenting plans, child and spousal support agreements, the division of marital assets, health care coverage, communication issues, prenuptial agreements, marital (post nuptial) agreements, divorce, and the modification of an existing separation agreement.