It may not make people friends, but it is a recipe for greater neighborliness. They had someone her age at the mediation session, and they had a mother my age. We started talking. That was the hardest thing I think I've ever done. But it worked.
Mediation is faster, less stressful, and less expensive than going to court.
Mediators do not take sides or make decisions. Residents of the Peak to Peak region who serve as mediators are from a variety of backgrounds and professions. After a final agreement is reached, the mediator helps the parties put it in writing. Both sign the agreement and is considered binding and enforceable by those who sign it, unless otherwise stated in the agreement. When the terms of the agreement are mutually determined and not imposed on them by someone else, the disputants are more satisfied with the solutions.