Separation is uncertain enough without an open-ended legal bill. Our pricing works in clear stages, and you only ever pay for the stage you are in. Flat, per-person prices at every step, so what you see is what you get.
Some people complete a pre-mediation meeting and decide mediation is not the right path. With stage pricing, they have spent a few hundred dollars finding that out, not thousands. Each stage is priced on its own, invoiced on its own, and finished before the next begins.
All prices are per person, plus applicable tax. Every path begins with an individual pre-mediation meeting, moves to the mediation itself, and ends with a Separation Agreement drafted by Rebecca Alleyne, senior family lawyer. Each stage is priced on its own, and you pay as you go.
Parenting arrangements, decision-making and child support.
Property, debt, pensions and spousal support.
Everything in one process: parenting, support and property.
Paid stage by stage, never all at once. For comparison, two lawyers negotiating the same separation commonly costs $5,000 to $20,000+ per person. Mediation services and document drafting are taxed differently in BC, which is why the mediation and drafting stages are invoiced separately.
If your finances are reasonably straightforward and the two of you can work together, you may not need a mediator for every decision. Divii, our online platform, walks you both through the same ground a mediation covers and drafts the agreement as you go. Add Rebecca only where you get stuck.
Both of you work in one shared file, at your own pace. Start anytime, with no pre-mediation meeting required. Priced per agreement, not per person, and if you reach agreement on everything, the platform is all you pay for.
You build the file in Divii. Rebecca meets with each of you first, reviews the file with you to confirm it is complete and to find where you still disagree, then runs a short mediation on those points alone. Your clauses are updated to reflect what you decide, and drafting is included.
Both paths run on the same process and the same law. Both begin with an individual pre-mediation meeting with Rebecca, and both end with a Separation Agreement she drafts. What changes is where the work gets done and how much professional support you receive.
In Divii Mediated, the two of you build the file. Divii walks you through parenting schedules, support calculations and property division, and most couples settle much of it on their own. Before mediation, Rebecca reviews the file with you to confirm it is complete and to identify where you still disagree. The two-hour session goes straight to those points of disagreement, and your clauses are updated to reflect what you decide.
In full mediation, Rebecca is in the room for the whole process: gathering the information, running the calculations with you, and working through every decision in order. It suits complex finances, business interests, pensions, and situations where the conversation needs someone holding it steady from the start.
If you can work together, do not require the support and your finances are reasonably straightforward, Divii Mediated is a more affordable option. If you would value professional facilitation and legal guidance throughout, a full mediation gives you that support at every step, and on complex files it is usually the faster route. If you are not sure, the free consultation exists for exactly that question.
All communications with our office, a guided step-by-step preparation process, direction in gathering and organizing your documents, and recommendations for other professionals to consult where helpful.
A secure document drive for sharing files with our office and your spouse throughout the process, and continued access afterward so your own lawyer can review everything before you sign.
A half-day session (up to four hours) for parenting or financial matters, or a full day (up to seven hours) for both, with legal information provided throughout so decisions are grounded in BC family law. Full days can be split into multiple sessions.
Child support, spousal support, and property distribution calculations prepared and worked through on screen, with guidance on how they apply to your circumstances.
Should you need more time, additional sessions can be arranged. About 80 percent of our clients do not need additional hours.
Your Separation Agreement is drafted in common, easy-to-understand language, written neutrally so the wording favours neither of you. You receive it in Microsoft Word format so agreed changes are easy to make, along with every schedule, calculation, and spreadsheet from your mediation. Independent legal advice from your own lawyer is encouraged before signing, and because the decisions are already made, that review is typically brief.
This is for people who already have an agreement. Support is based on income, and incomes change, so many families come back once a year to put the numbers right. You exchange updated financial information, we rerun the calculations, and your support agreement is updated to match. Up to three hours, $1,000 per person plus tax.
Doing this yearly is far cheaper than letting an arrangement drift out of date, which is how arrears build up and how disagreements start.
Talk through your situation with us and leave with a recommended path and a clear picture of what it will cost. No cost, no commitment.
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