DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Laurie Nevers has been involved in dispute resolution (sometimes called Alternative Dispute Resolution) beginning in her law school days, when she was introduced to labor-management mediation and arbitration.  This peaked her interest in alternatives to extensive, and expensive litigation, and she trained as a family mediator in 1989. Ms. Nevers has extensive experience in all aspects of family mediation, including;

• Marriage dissolution - resolving complex financial matters, child custody, parenting time and general provisions
• Paternity - determining child custody and parenting time
• Prenuptial agreements - assisting parties in determining how they want to structure their finances after marriage
• Post decree disputes - how to interpret provisions in an order, what to do when circumstances have changed
• Special needs matters - how to resolve issues related to life planning for a special needs child or vulnerable adult
• Probate disputes - resolving will contests and other probate matters short of protracted litigation.

As the field of family law alternate dispute resolution has expanded, Ms. Nevers has received additional training and certifications,  She now offers additional dispute resolution services including:

• Social Early Neutral Evaluation -  Working with another trained evaluator, we listen to a presentation by both parents early in the divorce or paternity process and provide them with what we believe is the best option for custody and parenting plans.  The parents then have the opportunity to work with their attorneys and the evaluations to reach agreements, either temporary or permanent, related to their children.
• Financial Early Neutral Evaluation - Working with parties and their attorneys early in the divorce process, the role of the evaluator is to review the financial issues, give opinions and work toward settlement of financial issues, including temporary or permanent spousal maintenance, division of assets, division of debts, and what will happen to the homestead.
• Parenting Consultant - By agreement of both parents, who determine the scope of authority of the Parenting Consultant, the PC works with both parents when disputes or other issues related to the parenting of children arise.  The PC can coach the parents, consult with the children, work with other professionals, or provide other services, such as school selection, as determined by the parents. 
• Parenting Time Expeditor- A court appointed dispute resolution process, determined by statute and the parties' dissolution or paternity order, that provides for the PTE to make decisions relating to the interpretation of the Court Order. 

In addition to her family related dispute resolution work, Ms. Nevers has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, and does civil and employment mediation and arbitration.