Main Mediate Solutions Profile Directions Centrally located on Long Island, NY, our Melville location is convenient to all major highways. 631 421-1555 What is Divorce Mediation? Q. What is Mediation? An alternative process to address the tough issues confronting you in divorce or separation. A guided process of information gathering and decision making. A mutual search for a reasonable solution. A way to attack the issues without attacking each other. Q. Why choose mediation? You retain the power over your own lives. You define your own goals. You develop the parenting solutions that are right for you and your children. You put together a financial settlement that meets your individual families needs. Q. What does the mediator do? Acts as a neutral facilitator, helping you express your own thoughts and be heard within a private and confidential atmosphere. Listen to your concerns and provides you with the legal facts relating to those concerns. Takes you step by step through the complicated details of your divorce, thus empowering you to make the difficult decisions which lie ahead. Drafts a written summary of your mutual decisions obtained through your successful mediation. Q. Why choose Susan Rifkin McGuire? She is an attorney who cares about the quality of family life in our communities. She is a parent who wants the best for all of our children. Her law practice includes real estate transactions, wills, trusts and estates, prenuptual and separation agreements as well as matrimonial/divorce law. She is fair and reasonable in her fees.