You want a civilised, respectful resolution of the issues.

You would like to keep open the possibility of friendship with your partner down the road.

You and your partner will be co-parenting children together and you want the best co-parenting relationship possible.

You want to protect your children from the harm associated with litigated dispute resolution between parents.

You and your partner have a circle of friends or extended family in common that you both want to remain connected to.

You have ethical or spiritual beliefs that place high value ontaking personal responsibility for handling conflicts with integrity.

You value control and autonomous decision making and do not want to hand over decisions about restructuring your financial and/orchild-rearing arrangements to a stranger (i.e. a judge).

You recognise the restricted range of court decisions generallyavailable in the public court system, and want a more creative andindividualised range of choices available to you and your spouse or partner for resolving your issues. For example, maintenance ofchildren in further education cannot be determined in a divorceprocess.