Gold Coast lawyer develops strategy to achieve a ‘divorce in a day’

A GOLD Coast lawyer has developed an innovate approach to divorce which could save taxpayers billions of dollars and couples at least $40,000 in legal fees.

Gold Coast lawyer, Marie Fedorov.

A GOLD Coast lawyer has developed an innovate approach to divorce which could save taxpayers billions of dollars and couples at least $40,000 in legal fees.

Marie Fedorov of Fedorov Lawyers has pioneered the Australian version of the USA’s ‘Divorce

in a Day’ and ‘Divorce Hotels’ with the her new ‘Family Mediation Station’.

“Divorce is always the absolute last option but my motto has always been, life is too short —

get a divorce,” she said.

“That’s why I came up with my one-day mediation and divorce program — it’s the way of the

future.

Family Mediation Station will save clients time, money and the emotional burden of

having to go to Court.”

Marie’s program now rivals exhaustive waiting lists at Government-funded mediation centres

and provides peace of mind for clients concerned about mounting legal costs.

“The average time between separation and divorce is three and a half years and then there’s

another five years or more before families can start to recover both economically and

emotionally,” she said.

“We provide same day mediation and formalisation of an agreement. This is done on the spot

so that clients can move on with their new life immediately.

“If an agreement is not reached, the parties have to retain lawyers and start the litigation

process. It is therefore in everyone’s best interests to reach an agreement to avoid future costs

and the stress litigation, which ends up costing upwards of $40,000.

“I’ve done my research and the impact on communities from divorce costs the nation up to

$14 billion in 2014, up from $12 billion in 2012 in government assistance payments, court

costs and so on.”