NMAS Mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Tara Weir
Overview And Experience
Qualifications
- Nationally Accredited Mediator (NMAS)
- Diploma in Business Legal Services
- CHC81115 Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution
- Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Tara's approach
I have seen first-hand the devastating effects that legal
proceedings have on families including the financial turmoil from meeting
ongoing and increasing legal fees, the emotional upheaval and distress caused
by the lengthy Court process and the frustration caused by the ongoing
requirement to adhere to Court orders.
I believe that empowering parties to resolve their dispute without court intervention is fundamental in achieving happiness and ensures that children are not exposed to the detriments of ongoing conflict enabling them to focus on being children and parents to focus on being co-operative and positive co-parents.
I am a NMAS accredited Mediator and accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner attaining my accreditation in 2020. Prior to these achievements I was a Judge’s Associate in the Family Law jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia for over 10 years. Many of the matters before the court involved serious family violence, drug and alcohol concerns and mental health issues. During this time, I witnessed the emotional and financial stress that Court proceedings have on families and most importantly, children which has driven me to help families in conflict.
With this unique insight into family law, I am dedicated to helping families resolve their parenting and property disputes without the need for Court intervention allowing parties to move forward and to begin focusing on the things that matter the most to them after separation.
I have extensive experience working with families from diverse backgrounds and helping self-represented litigants understand legal processes, a skill that allows me to work with parties in a way that they can understand.
I am currently completing a Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Behavioural Studies and am due to graduate in July 2021. In addition, I am working towards becoming a Family Group Conference Facilitator helping Indigenous families and families with children in care reach a suitable resolution.
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Services Provided
Dispute Diagnostics
Safety Planning
Mediation
Transformative Relationship Mediation (TRM)
Family Dispute Resolution
New Ways for Families Coaching
About our Services
How can Interact Online help me?
A Dispute Diagnostic is a free service offered exclusively by Interact Online. It’s purpose is to provide you with the opportunity to speak with a dispute resolution professional about your situation and identify the lowest cost / lowest negative consequence approach to resolve it. Sometimes that is mediation. Sometimes court. Sometimes something else.
Interact Online is a fully online service.
Safety Planning is a free service provided by Interact Online to assist people living with a partner or former partner or other associate who uses violence.
The objective is to identify the risks, discuss strategies to reduce the risks and to pre-plan how to respond if the risk escalates to a level where health and safety are at risk.
Interact Online is a fully online service.
Mediation is a facilitated negotiation process where a qualified and accredited mediator assists people to clarify the issues, discuss them and consider options to resolve them and document the agreement, if one is reached. It is a confidential process and safe to participate in even if there is the risk of ending up in court.
Interact Online is a fully online co-mediation service.
Transformative Relationship Mediation (TRM) is a facilitated negotiation process where a qualified and accredited mediator with additional training in Transformative Mediation assists people who want to save their relationship. In the process they are assisted to clarify the issues, discuss them and consider options to resolve them and document the agreement, if one is reached. It is a confidential process and each participant must agree in writing that they would like to save the relationship.
Interact Online is a fully online service.
Family Dispute Resolution is a form of Mediation. It is a facilitated Family Law negotiation process where a qualified and registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner assists people who are separating to clarify the issues regarding post separation parenting, finances and property settlements. They help them to discuss the issues and consider options to resolve them and document the agreement, if one is reached. It is a confidential process and safe to participate in even if there is the risk of ending up in court or you are currently in court and want to reach an agreement to end the court process.
Interact Online is a fully online service.
New Ways Coaching is an individual skills development service to assist parents who identify a gap between their current co-parenting situation and what they would like it to be like. It is provided in conjunction with the New Ways for Families Online Post-Separation Parenting Course.
Interact Online is a fully online service.
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