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Farm Succession, Appoint a Planning Coordinator to Steer the Process

If someone must be put in charge of the farm succession process who will keep mom and dad in the loop, keep the advisors moving forward, and keep an eye out for successful succession strategies being used by their peers for ideas that work – who should it be? The planning coordinator’s job is to [...]

TEN SIMPLE RULES FOR ATTORNEYS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF FAMILY MEDIATION

1. ADVISE THE MEDIATOR IN ADVANCE about: domestic violence, the need to end the session early, health issues of either party, inability to pay the expected fee, desperate need for coffee and doughnuts or smoke breaks, etc.

2. COME WITH FACTS AND FIGURES. If you have not yet completed a financial affidavit or exchanged mandatory disclosure, [...]

The Neutral as Lie Detector: You Can’t Judge Participants by Their Demeanor (1)

by Bruce Fraser (2)
As mediators we are often faced with sharply conflicting stories. One of the advantages of mediation is that we sometimes can solve the underlying problem without determining who did what, to whom, and when.
Indeed, experience has shown that mediation is not a good process for finding the truth because it has [...]