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The Ministry of Justice announced that almost 2,000 more families will be eligible for help towards mediation, and they will not be means tested in order to receive it. At the moment, around 130 mediation vouchers from the scheme are being used every week, and early findings from the Family Mediation Council , who run the programme, shows that up to three-quarters of participants have gone on to reach a full or partial agreement with their former partners.
'They can then ask a court to consider their agreement and make it into a legally binding and enforceable court order.''The mediation voucher scheme has been invaluable in providing clients with access to mediation at a time when money is tight and finances are feeling fraught. 'They were clear examples of families who were in crisis, amid messy separations and who left mediation on a firmer footing with regards to their co-parenting relationship and having worked out practical arrangements'.
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