Frequently asked questions

Your Divorce Resolution Expert is there to help navigate disagreements. If there are specific pressure points, such as a dispute about who stays in the home, or how a particular expense is handled, then your expert will work through those with both spouses to find a practical arrangement that is acceptable to both. The interim plan is designed to be workable, not perfect.

Yes. This is a joint session, and both spouses attend together with their Divorce Resolution Expert. The meeting covers information that both parties need to hear at the same time, including the financial disclosure requirements and the parenting preparation materials, so that both people leave equally informed and equally prepared.

Typically two hours. It is one of the longer meetings in the INR™ process because it covers a significant amount of ground: the interim plan, the financial disclosure package, the co-parenting guide, the process timeline, and the guidelines for navigating the months ahead. Your Divorce Mediation Expert will move through it methodically, and there is no rush.

Nothing is required at this meeting, but having an understanding of the family’s ongoing expenses is useful. The financial disclosure checklist you receive here is what tells you what to gather next. If you already have some documents on hand, such as recent bank statements, mortgage information, a sense of your pension benefit value, then you are welcome to bring them, but you will not be at a disadvantage if you arrive with nothing.

The 120-day resolution timeline begins after both parties have submitted full financial disclosure, not at the Transitions Meeting itself. The Transitions Meeting sets you up to gather and submit that information efficiently, which is what gets the clock started. Your expert will set clear timelines for when disclosure needs to be complete. If you have questions about how family law timelines work within the INR™ model, your expert can walk you through that at this meeting.