Mediation is where you both try to come up with solutions for the divorce. If you can't agree then it goes back to court. So nothing is changed unless you agree. As far as your child you can put stipulations in the agreement that he cannot take your child around the fil. And if he agrees to that then you are good as gold. I am from Florida and my alcoholic ex agreed to no visitation because of a criminal case. However my attorney told me if we went to court he would have gotton supervised visitations. Because in Fl they only have shared parental responsibility now. a little crazy in some situations. Mediation can be your best friend

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Just don't crack if it is something you feel strongly about. I had to give a bit on small matters but I refused to give on the big ones...we still ended up in court. He didn't like how things went.