{"id":11601,"date":"2018-06-28T17:19:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefamilylawcorp.com\/?p=11601"},"modified":"2018-06-28T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:19:52","slug":"to-caucus-or-not-to-caucus-in-divorce-and-custody-mediation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefamilylawcorp.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/28\/to-caucus-or-not-to-caucus-in-divorce-and-custody-mediation\/","title":{"rendered":"To Caucus or Not to Caucus in Divorce and Custody Mediation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"wpv-grid grid-1-1  wpv-first-level first unextended\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" id=\"wpv-column-2c235d42fc3e501a7f24594f144522fe\" ><p><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span><\/div><\/div><span class=\"mce_SELRES_end\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<h2 class=\"text-divider-double\">\t\t\t\nTo Caucus or Not to Caucus in Divorce and Custody Mediation<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h2>\t\t<div class=\"sep\"><\/div>\t\n<div class=\"row \"><div class=\"wpv-grid grid-1-1  wpv-first-level first unextended\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" id=\"wpv-column-0e75406c677b2ad85b42758721152539\" ><p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #464646; font-family: 'Montserrat','Gotham','Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.6px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Caucusing, where a mediator meets with each party to the mediation separately, can be useful in many mediation contexts; however, it also poses a risk to the parties perception of the mediators neutrality. 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