Mediation for Estate Planners: Managing Family Conflict Illustrated Edition

This is an important and one-of-a-king resource for attorneys and other professionals in helping clients resolve – and avoid – disputes when involved in the estate planning process. Mediation is an increasingly important tool for estate planners and elder law attorneys in working with their clients. A lawyer familiar with mediation can help clients resolve disputes in a way that accomplishes the client's personal as well as legal goals. Written by an experienced team of attorneys and mediators, Mediation for Estate Planners:Supplies the basic tools to understand and employ mediation within an estate planning practiceProvides guidance for lawyers in recommending mediation to clients at an early stage so that families are able to resolve disagreements with less damage to personal relationshipsExplains practical perspectives, including ethical issues as well as perspectives from botht he mediator and the lawyerConsiders the range of specific applications for mediation, including its use at the planning stage and after death; use in guardianship and conservation issues; end of life decision-making, and moreExamines and explains the ways that mediation can help in family business succession planningIncludes practice resources, including a Tool Kit, bibliography, and more Read more