Marilyn S. McKnight, M.A. and Stephen K. Erickson, J.D. are founders, directors, and mediators with the Erickson Mediation Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. McKnight, a social worker, and Erickson, an attorney, have each served terms as president of the board of the Academy of Family Mediators. They have written numerous articles and books in the field including Practitioner's Guide to Mediation (Wiley, 2001).

• Part I. Elements of divorce mediation. What is client-centered mediation? Your role as mediatorEmotions involved in divorce Part II. The mediation process. Initial consultationSubject area 1: establishing a parenting planSubject area 2: Budgeting for the futureSubject area 3: Dividing propertySubject area 4: addressing tax and legal issues and reviewing agreementsSubject area 5: finalizing the Memorandum of AgreementMediator strategies Part III.Appendixes. Forms

Marilyn S. McKnight, M.A. and Stephen K. Erickson, J.D. are founders, directors, and mediators with the Erickson Mediation Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. McKnight, a social worker, and Erickson, an attorney, have each served terms as president of the board of the Academy of Family Mediators. They have written numerous articles and books in the field including Practitioner's Guide to Mediation (Wiley, 2001).

• Part I. Elements of divorce mediation. What is client-centered mediation? Your role as mediatorEmotions involved in divorce Part II. The mediation process. Initial consultationSubject area 1: establishing a parenting planSubject area 2: Budgeting for the futureSubject area 3: Dividing propertySubject area 4: addressing tax and legal issues and reviewing agreementsSubject area 5: finalizing the Memorandum of AgreementMediator strategies Part III.Appendixes. Forms