Family Law Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Achieving the best outcome for you and your family
Every step of the way
The breakdown of family relationships can present significant emotional and financial challenges. Similarly, co-habitants, civil partners or unmarried families can face a wide range of uncertainty and worry as to their legal rights. At Eoin C Daly Mallon LLP, Patricia Mallon and her experienced team can guide you through every step of what can seem like a very trying and difficult process.
What are your options?
In any family dispute, minimising the damaging and costly effect of protracted litigation and Court appearances is very important. We believe that it is essential to explain the Court process carefully to our Clients so as to reduce the anxiety that can so often surround Court appearances and to be able to address concerns.
We adopt a calm and measured approach to family litigation, while at the same time focusing on issues with a view to de-escalating conflict. We work with our Clients in order to ensure full preparation for Court appearances. We keep our Clients fully informed at all times and strive to ensure positive outcomes for our Clients and their families in the Court processes at all levels, District Court, Circuit Court and High Court.
We believe that family proceedings need to be dealt with in a measured and considerate manner so as not to exacerbate an already difficult situation, especially if there are young children involved. We promote the importance and benefits of co-parenting for children and the necessity of putting the welfare of children at the centre of all interactions, so as to maximise the potential of parents to co-parent successfully following separation.
There are some disputes that cannot be resolved other than through the Courts system which is available to family law litigants. However, many disputes have in our opinion every likelihood of being resolved through one of the processes involved in ADR. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a method of resolving issues without recourse to the Courts. It comes in many formats such as Mediation, Collaborative Practice, Structured Negotiations and Restorative Justice.
Why ADR?
At Eoin C. Daly Mallon LLP we see the various models of ADR as being robust and valuable alternatives to traditional adversarial litigation. This is particularly so in disputes which will require the parties, notwithstanding the issues of the dispute, to remain in close contact with one another post separation. For example, separating parents, who despite the separation, will still need to co-parent into the future, having the best interests of their children at heart.
Similarly, in succession disputes, where families are at loggerheads regarding the provisions of a will for example, adversarial litigation can render those fragile relationships beyond repair. ADR, on the other hand, seeks to preserve the best aspects of what remains without making matters worse and attempts to enable the parties to reach a resolution which is acceptable to all sides.
At Eoin C. Daly Mallon LLP, we see a large role for ADR models in such areas as family, civil, succession, commercial, employment and adverse medical events. It is also cost effective and transparent option for couples to resolve their disputes. These models are all based on enabling parties to craft their own solutions with help, advice and support and can lead to deep resolutions as opposed to the shallow peace, which can so often be the result of litigation.
Let us help you resolve your dispute
Get in touch with the firm today and we can assist you in finding the most appropriate, cost-effective way to resolve your dispute.
Family Law Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Services
Divorce
Financial Arrangements
Mediation
Collaborative Practice
Structured Negotiations
Restorative Justice
Key People
Patricia Mallon
Partner
pmallon@ecdm.ie