ABOUT US

Mediation helps you

Resolve your parenting plan (custody)


Control the outcome of your divorce

Reach an equitable financial settlement

Save money

Avoid the emotional cost of litigation

Unmarried Couples

Same-sex Couples

High Conflict Couples

Divorce Mediation: Make Peace for the Kid's Sake

Joint Custody: Smart Solution or Problematic Plan?

Testimonials
 

About Divorce and Family Mediation Services (DFMS)

DFMS provides high quality mediation services for couples going through separation and divorce.  Roslyn Zinner, LCSW-C has extensive experience with custody and property settlements in both private and court-ordered cases. Since 2000, she has worked with over one thousand couples from all walks of life, ages, income levels, occupations, religions, and situations. She has worked with military families, gay and lesbian couples, married and never married couples, and individuals with psychiatric or medical disabilities.

The three keys to our success are our extensive experience, our ability to listen to both partners, and our dedication to fairness and impartiality. 

Ms. Zinner has been helping families as a therapist since 1975 Ms. Zinner's experience as a family therapist and clinical social worker provides you with invaluable background and expertise in parenting, child development, crisis intervention, and family dynamics.  While attorneys have more legal knowledge, they rarely have training in these essential areas.  Because the law is always open to interpretation, legal questions are best answered by an independent counsel, even when your mediator is an attorney.  On written end-of-mediation evaluations,  participants give Ms. Zinner high marks for neutrality, caring, competence, knowledge, and ability to defuse anger.

Roslyn Zinner's Credentials

Ms. Zinner is the author of numerous published articles about divorce, mediation, and parenting.  Since 2000, Ms. Zinner has mediated property, parenting, and support issues with hundreds of couples. She is on the custody panel for several circuit courts in Maryland, and is on the panel in several circuit courts for mediation in open adoption  cases.  She is also a trained Parent Coordinator who has assisted post divorce high conflict couples. 

• Certified Mediator, Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR).

• Advanced Practitioner Mediator, Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR).
• 2008 President, Board of Directors, Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution
• Member, Maryland Performance for Mediator Excellence (MPME).
• Assessor for mediators seeking certification with the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution

Presenter for
1.  Maryland Mediator Convention
2.  National Association of Social Workers, Maryland Chapter
3. Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work
4.  Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution Master classes

Appointments

Appointments are available Monday through Friday both daytime and several evenings, however, evening appointments fill up quickly.

Fees

With a two session (two hours each) minimum, charges are for in-person sessions only; reviewing your financial information, drafting of an agreement, and editing it to  your satisfaction are our pleasure and carry no additional charge.