Mediation Agreement is Binding on Parties & Court
Mediation Agreement is Binding on Parties & Court Husband and Wife settled their divorce case at mediation, and signed a binding Mediated Settlement Agreement. They then presented a Decree of Divorce to the trial court, which was signed by the judge. Wife then filed a motion to clarify the Mediated Settlement Agreement because the Decree did not include 65 items of personal property she claimed were her separate property. Husband argued the agreement did not award those items to Wife as her separate property. A Mediated Settlement Agreement is binding on the parties and the court. Here, the spouses…Read More