The Initial Consultation

All Divorce Shoppe services start with an Initial Consultation. Every journey needs a road map and the Initial Consultation will help you to understand and make choices about how to move forward to resolution.

The consultation usually takes about 90 minutes. You will meet with a mediator, talk about your family and review all the options available so you can select the process that is best for your circumstances.

Initial consultations are available online and are open to couples throughout the State of Oregon.

If possible, both spouses (or partners) should come to the initial consultation. It is always better to start on the same page. However, if meeting together is not possible, due to scheduling or preference, the absent spouse/partner can schedule a second consultation — at no additional charge — so that both spouses/partners have access to the same information.

Your mediator will gather information about your family and give you basic information about divorce in Oregon. We suggest clients bring a list of questions, and we will do our best to get your questions answered during the Consultation.

The cost is $175.00, payable by credit or debit card. If you then hire the Divorce Shoppe for additional work, the consultation fee is applied to future services, resulting in a free consultation. .We schedule Initial Consultations Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, except for Fridays, when the last appointment time begins at 4:00 pm.

Thomas Johnson, the mediator at the Divorce Shoppe, has limited his practice to Mediation for the past 15 years.. Tom is responsive and dedicated to assisting your family move forward with grace and dignity, and as time and cost efficiently as possible. 

Before limiting his practice to mediation only, Tom was a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and the Founding President of the Oregon Association of Collaborative Professionals.

To schedule an Initial Consultation or to get more information, call the Divorce Shoppe at 503-389-0137, or send an email from the “Contact Us” box.