Mediation is paid for by the hour.
Each of you will pay an agreed upon share of the hourly rate for the time the mediator spends working with you and the time spent drafting your Memorandum of Understanding and other documents. The amount of time it takes to reach agreement depends on the two of you. Normally, mediation takes from two to five two-hour sessions and one to three hours for drafting the Memorandum of Understanding. You are encouraged to do much of the information-gathering work outside of mediation, to minimize the cost. Research has shown that the total cost for a mediated divorce, with attorney consultation, is about half as much as the cost for a simple, litigated divorce.