Case 2 – Shijiazhuang pre-trial divorce mediation
Location: The district court
Participants: The mediator (female, age 55), the husband, the wife and three interns of the court.
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The case is a divorce mediation session.The wife wants a divorce and filed a lawsuit but is reversed by the judge.The wife appeals this time to request a divorce again.The husband does not want a divorce.The judge then assigns a mediator to mediate the case before its court trial.
The Mediation Session:
The mediator starts by collecting information from both parties.The husband tries several times to leave while the wife is talking but is prevented by the mediator.After several minutes he leaves.Then the mediator listens to the wife’s side of the story and tries to persuade her to be more cautious about her decision and to think from a different perspective.After the mediator asks the wife to leave, the husband is brought in.The mediator listens to his side of the story and to try to educate him and to think from a different perspective and on how to rescue the marriage.Then,the wife is brought in and husband is asked again to leave.The wife gets very emotional and starts to cry.At the end of the mediation session, the mediator brings in the two parties and let them hear about each other’s opinions and hear her suggestions.The case is not resolved.The couple will go to the court.