Mediator Amstelveen | Divorcing with children

When you separate and there are children, you remain parents. Even after the divorce you have to decide together about school, holidays, birthdays and care. Mark de Krosse, MfN-registered mediator, helps parents from Amstelveen make those agreements in such a way that they still work a few years from now.

The parenting plan as a starting point

When divorcing with children under 18, a parenting plan is mandatory. Among other things, it covers:

• when the children are with whom
• how you divide holidays and public holidays
• how you decide on health and education
• how you keep each other informed
• how the costs of the children are divided

Mark makes sure the conversation is about the children and not about who is right. He also looks at what is already going well; that often creates room for the difficult points.

And the rest of the divorce

Besides the children, the house, the assets and any maintenance are discussed. Everything together goes into the divorce settlement agreement (convenant). Does one of you own a business, or is there an employment conflict? Mark has experience with that too: he completed the specialisations in divorce, family and employment mediation and was an entrepreneur in a family business for more than 25 years.

Where the sessions take place

Most sessions take place in the meeting room in Badhoevedorp, on neutral ground and with free parking in front of the door. Would you rather talk at home, for example so the children do not have to go to a babysitter? That is possible too, as is meeting online. Many families in Amstelveen have an international background: the mediation can be conducted entirely in English.

Getting there

Amstelveen and Badhoevedorp are both on the A9. If you live in Amstelveen, the divorce petition normally goes to the Amsterdam District Court; the lawyer takes care of filing it.

What happens next

1. An introduction without obligation. You see whether there is a click, and Mark maps out the situation. On how it works you can read how the process runs.
2. The sessions. Topic by topic, you reach agreements. The costs are usually shared; see fees.
3. On paper and filed. Mark draws up the parenting plan and the divorce settlement agreement, and the lawyer files them. More about divorce.

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