Family Mediation Bristol

Family Mediation in Bristol

Family mediation in Bristol is a fixed-fee, out-of-court process where a trained, FMC-registered mediator helps separating and divorcing couples and parents agree arrangements for their children and finances — an agreement a solicitor can then make legally binding — without going to court. BookMIAM provides this online across Bristol and the surrounding area, by secure video call, on fixed fees (MIAM £125 per person).

Anyone who has tried to park near the centre knows getting across Bristol at the wrong time of day is its own ordeal, and that is before you add a separation to the mix. Online mediation takes travel out of it completely. It is voluntary, confidential, and keeps you and your ex-partner in control of the outcome, and it is almost always faster and cheaper than going to court.

Your Family Mediator

Your mediator is Abdul Wahid, an FMA trained and Family Mediation Council registered family mediator with over 10 years of experience. Court forms needed to make a family court application in England and Wales are signed by a fully accredited FMC mediator working with our practice.

What Mediation Can Sort Out

• Child arrangements: where the children live, shared time, holidays, schooling and handovers.
• Finances on divorce: the family home, savings, pensions, debts and maintenance.
• Property and assets for unmarried couples who are separating.
• Reviewing an arrangement that has stopped working.

What Family Mediation Costs in Bristol

Every session is online, so the fees are the same wherever you are in and around Bristol:

• MIAM: £125 per person, held individually as the first meeting.
• Mediation session: £180 per person for a 90-minute joint session.
• Court certificate: £40, if you need one for a court application.

For cases involving children you may qualify for £500 towards mediation through the government scheme, see our £500 family mediation voucher guide.

If You Do End Up in Court

Most families settle in mediation and never get there. If you do need to apply to court, a Bristol case would usually be dealt with at the Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre. Before it will accept most C100 or Form A applications, the court requires you to have attended a MIAM first, which is where mediation starts in any case.

How Online Mediation Works

1. Attend a MIAM: you and your ex-partner each have a separate first meeting by video call.
2. Agree to mediate: if you both want to proceed, we book the first joint session.
3. Work through the issues: most families need one to four sessions.
4. Write up the agreement: you receive a summary that solicitors can turn into a legally binding order.

If being on the same call as your ex-partner is not something you want, we offer shuttle mediation, with the mediator moving between two separate calls.

Areas We Cover in and Around Bristol

Since mediation is held by video call, we help families across the whole Bristol area, including central Bristol, Clifton, Bedminster, Bishopston, Fishponds and Horfield, along with the surrounding South Gloucestershire towns of Kingswood, Bradley Stoke and Filton.

Related Guides

• What Is a MIAM?
• How Mediation Works
• Child Arrangements
• Divorce Mediation
• Mediation vs Court

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Family Mediation Across the UK

Every session is online, so we help families nationwide. Explore family mediation by area: Family Mediation Services, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Surrey, Kent and Bristol.