Introduction: Whether you have been ordered to mediation by a court, or you are curious about whether mediation can help you resolve your dispute, we hope this website can provide you with the answers about what we do and the mediation process.
What is mediation? Mediation is a problem-solving process assisted by a neutral third party. The basic idea of mediation is that the parties involved in a dispute are best able to resolve the dispute. In addition, people are generally more satisfied with and have greater ownership in solutions that they have a role in creating.
Even if total resolution of a dispute is not accomplished through mediation, the process can help parties to identify the underlying reasons for the dispute, narrow and clarify the issues, and discover areas of common ground where potential for future agreements may exist.
We perform mediations by phone, as well as in person. Our mediators can accommodate both civil and domestic issues.
As Office of Dispute Resolution contract mediators, we are trained, experienced, and evaluated. Non-ODR mediators are not subject to the same rigorous standards.
Mediation is an important part of the process of resolving disputes. In mediation, the parties determine their own agreement, tailored to the specific needs of the parties. The majority of our mediation appointments occur at the Larimer County Justice Center.
