Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Must I mediate after final judgment just because ex spouse wants to
My exhusband is controlling and abusive. After the final judgment, he has threatened to take my daughter away from me, whom I have primary residence of and shared custody. He demands that I go to mediation with him. Since a judge hasn't ordered this, and I don't see how I can ''mediate'' with him at all, he just wants to intimidate me to ''give her to him willingly'' do I need to waste my money and do this- just because he wants to? He had control over me for 20 years, and didn't want to pay me child support for my six children. I agreed to his terms, (which he wrote in the divorce papers) giving him primary residence of four of our six children, the youngest is in my primary residence and the oldest will be 20 in April. I signed his papers uncontested and have been trying to pick up the shattered peices of my life ever since. He and his new wife have three of my children, (he abused my 16 year old daughter and she is living with her Grandparents in California).

So, my question is, without a court ordered mediation, do I by law have to mediate with him, if he requests it.

Asked on 3/04/05, 3:32 pm

David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.

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Re: Must I mediate after final judgment just because ex spouse wants to

Unless court ordered, mediation is voluntary.

Answered on 3/05/05, 7:37 am

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