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Meet Jontue

My name is Jontue Todor.

I am a family mediator based in Kitchener, Ontario. I have a passionate heart for families and restoration. I deeply value communication, and want to work with you if there are problems or conflict you need to solve with others, but are not sure how to.

Mediation provides the unique opportunity to solve difficult problems while lessening tension. I'm a graduate of the York University family meditation certificate program, and I'm ready to help you and your family discover resolution.

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Getting STarted

The Family Mediation Process

This is a broad overview of the general flow of family mediation.

  1. Intake

    When you contact Freedom Mediation, I will coordinate and screen all people invovlved to assess whether mediation is right for your situation.

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    Goal Setting

    After all people agree to mediation, we'll lay out the ground rules for our conversations as well as discussing the desired outcomes and objectives.

  3. A welcoming nook with a bistro table - a safe place to have serious conversations about family conflict.

    Sessions

    At our sessions, each person will have an opportunity to share their perspectives and thoughts. I will work diligently to create a safe environment for conversation and understanding.

  4. Agreement

    When we come to consensus, I will work with each person involved to formalize a written agreement that is clear, mutual, and meets everyone's needs.

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Before mediation sessions begin, the mediator will meet with you and the other person separately in order to:

What's Mediation All About?

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Separation Agreements

Separating from your partner or spouse can be both emotionally and logistically challenging. It may also lead to a level of disagreement and conflict you may not have experienced before.

Rather than seek resolution through the courts, I help you resolve the key issue at the heart of conflict – a lack of meaningful communication. I recommend a process based on your individual needs. At the end of the process a memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be written which can later become the basis for your separation agreement.

As a professional, my objective is to help people pinpoint and understand what is preventing an agreement. This is why, as a mediator, I take the time that I do to recommend a process that will best suit your family’s needs. Through a thoughtfully developed process, I can ensure that you have all information and advice needed to make informed decisions and create durable agreements and relationships, which allow you to communicate long into your future.
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How Much Does Family Mediation Cost?

The cost of family mediation in Ontario varies from place to place, but mediation is almost certainly going to save you money over going through the court system.

The hourly rate is $300 plus tax.

For the first appointment, each party will pay up front for an individual meeting. After that, sessions are paid for on a pay as you go schedule (24 hours after each session), and are paid via e-transfer.

Both people will continue to split the session amount each time, or (depending on the situation to mediate), one party will pay for the session each time.

At approximately half the price of lawyer’s fees, mediation is a money-smart alternative to litigation. More than that, mediation gives you a powerful advantage: you and your partner pay less while also retaining the power to choose – to decide for your family what is best, rather than being at the mercy of a judge or the system.

The BIGGEST advantage of mediation is that unless both parties agree, nothing is set in stone, and no further steps are taken. You will both learn together how to relearn working together.

By investing financially in solving arguments, creating solutions to problems, and employing the strategies I share, we can invest in your family’s future by breaking generational patterns for the next generation to come. What you deal with now, your family will not have to fight about later.

I want to encourage you, that with hard work and perseverance, this is one of the wisest financial decisions with your family in mind you can make.

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Recommended Resources

These resources are helpful tools for wading through the conflicts we sometimes experience in relationship. While you're exploring whether or not family mediation is the right choice for your family, please check out these helpful resources below.

Frequently Asked Questions About Mediation

  • How much does Mediation cost?

    Mediation varies by the issues that need to be resolved such as division of assets, the selling of the matrimonial home, and parenting arrangements. Mediation depends on what you need. It can be as little as $3,000-$5,000 depending on what the file entails. In contrast, contested litigation can be tens of thousands to literally hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • Does one person pay, or do both people split the costs?

    One person can pay for the entire session, or the entirety of the mediation fees once completed, or both people can split the cost.

  • Can you do mediation if one person already has a lawyer?

    Yes. Mediators will encourage both people to obtain ILA (Independent Legal Advice) a lawyer while in mediation, so no this does not hinder the process, and can in fact be part of the start to the process of mediation. 

  • Does mediation always work?

    No it does not. Mediation is a voluntary process, so no party can be forced into it, or bullied. Both people have to be willing to try mediation. Not every case can be mediated to legal implications, and not every person is wiling to do mediation. However, sometimes later on, or while litigation is happening people can be ordered by a Judge to do mediation, or can choose mediation and choose to end litigation. 

  • What happens when mediation does not work?

    Both people pay, and both people are free to try another way of solving their issues via arbitration, negotiation or even the new pilot project JDR (in Ontario). People can choose to reconcile or to litigate, or they can choose to return to mediation again at another time. The beauty of mediation is that you always have a choice. You can choose to end mediation sessions, and you can also choose to come back in months or even years later!

  • Why would I choose mediation over litigation (using a lawyer)?

    There are four main reasons, and they are finances, time, the ability for your voice to be heard, and the emotional cost.

    Mediation is much more cost effective, (even if you have both have lawyers, I the mediator can do a session and give both parties questions to ask your lawyers – which saves you time and money).

    Time: the court system can take months or years to hear PARTS of your case, mediation can be done in months to a year to solve the ENTIRETY of your case. 

    The opportunity for your voice to be heard. In court your voice will rarely be heard as you have hired a lawyer to speak for you. In mediation even though you have a lawyer, you will most likely be in mediation with the other person, and you will be speaking, instead of your lawyer and instead of a Judge making decisions for your life, you and the other person will come to consent on decisions for both of your lives. 

    Lastly, the emotional cost. Mediation can be less stressful than court, and lessen the emotional cost that separation, divorce, and dealing with estates and estate sales can be. 

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