Mediation is often misunderstood.  It does not involve the parties and the lawyers sitting in a room arguing.  During a mediation, one spouse and his or her attorney is in one room, and the other spouse is in another room with his or her attorney.  The mediator’s job is to try to facilitate an agreement between the parties.  If the case is settled in mediation, you will avoid having to have a trial, where a judge would decide all issues.  Over ninety (90) percent of mediations are successful.