2025 Trends in Mediation

Dr. Lynne C. Halem, the director at the Centre for Mediation & Dispute Resolution in Wellesley, MA, has posted the trends in mediation for 2025. If you have any questions about conflicts like these in your life please contact me for a free consultation.

Relationship and Family Mediations:

– Dividing marital assets with uncertain present values that require “if and when” agreements for future distribution.

– Keeping the marital home in joint ownership for a set period.

– Addressing financial issues when a spouse is unexpectedly unemployed.

– Handling “gray divorces” as spouses approach or enter retirement.

– Helping unmarried couples resolve child-related issues and questions about jointly owned assets.

– Resolving conflicts among siblings over estate settlements and the care of aging parents.

– Addressing relationship issues among parents, adult children, and grandchildren, and negotiating shared sibling ownership of vacation homes.

Business Mediations:

Mediation used as a tool to address personality conflicts between key employees.

Disputes within Homeowners/ Condominium associations

Mediations involving long-established businesses that lack provisions for exit terms and/or exit strategies.

Mediations involving parents and adult children working in a family business without written agreements regarding ownership, compensation, and/or succession.