Blogs by Marcia Lister

For most people, Christmas is a time for family. That could be biological relatives, in-laws, children, or best friends who you regard as siblings ...

Marcia Mediation founder Marcia Lister has worked alongside a group of professionals from across South Manchester to produce ‘Your Divorce Handb...

Baby Boomers are currently aged between about 55 and 75, and it’s not surprising that this demographic accounts for an increasing percentage of ...

There are some common complications to divorce or dissolving a civil partnership, usually involving disputes about finances, assets, residential arran...

In some cases, it can be too difficult for both parties to go through the mediation process simultaneously. Whatever the reasons for this may, these c...

Often in divorce cases, one party thinks that if they dig in their heels, the problem will just go away. They may do this in a variety of different wa...

Typically, by nature a divorce is a reasonably long process, that’s unavoidable. What we can influence however is the peacefulness of the proceeding...

Divorce, historically, has not been a friendly process. The old image of matrimony-turned-acrimony with lawyers fighting over the family assets is not...

Day One of Family Mediation Week, focuses on the panic of families getting caught up in the storm answering many questions they may have. The main foc...