Our Services

Baytown Mediation Center offers an alternative to legal action. Services include community-based mediation, consumer disputes, contractual disputes, personal injury disputes, public policy disputes, and real estate disputes. Trained mediators and moderators help parties reach agreement before the problem leads to a costly lawsuit or violence.

If you have a problem or lawsuit, mediation may be beneficial.

Services

Family, Divorce, Child Support

Following are some examples of family disputes:

  • Divorce
  • Property Divisions
  • Child Support Payments
  • Child Visitation

Personal Injury Claims

Personal injury claims generally involve a claim by someone who has suffered an injury requiring medical treatment as the result of another person’s negligent or intentional conduct. The auto accident in which someone is injured is most familiar to everyone as the usual type of personal injury claim. Other claims can arise from slip and fall accidents in a store or home, medical malpractice, intentional conduct such as an assault and more. Often an insurance company is involved on behalf of the defendant in these claims.

Personal injury claims are appropriate for mediation because the resolution usually involves the payment of money and the issues can usually be ferreted out by the mediator and the parties without a great deal of rancor. Sometimes these claims can also be resolved creatively with donations being made to certain charitable organizations as well.

Mediations with multiple parties represented are common in public policy disputes, and differs from private mediations in that the agreements reached are not usually self-enforcing. In most cases, a governing body or agency administrator implements the agreement.

Community Mediation

Following are some examples of real estate disputes:

  • Barking dogs and loose or stray pet issues
  • Lawn Upkeep
  • Fences
  • Property boundary disputes
  • Noise / Excessive Noise
  • Family Disturbances
  • Parking Space Issues
  • Cross-Cultural Confrontations
  • Homeowner / Leaser Conflicts
  • Safety and Environmental Concerns
  • Landlord / Tenant Disputes

Real Estate Disputes

Parties in real estate disputes may include buyers, sellers, real estate agents, appraisers, inspectors, contractors/subcontractors, builders, title companies and other individuals or businesses involved in the transaction.

Following are some examples of real estate disputes:

  • Good Faith Agreement
  • Misrepresentations
  • Contractors, Roofers, Utility Repairs etc.
  • Business, Community, Consumer, Contract, Human Resources, Family, Personal Injury, Public Policy, Real Estate
  • Employer / Employee – Wrongful termination
  • Consumer / Merchant – Products / Services
  • Friends / Family – Divorce, Estate, Probate, Vehicles

Consumer Disputes

Texas law imposes on most services the requirement (or warranty) that the service provided is in a good and merchantable manner. If a consumer is wronged by the merchant because the product did not perform as represented or warranted, the consumer can asset a claim for damages.

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Public Policy Disputes

Mediations with multiple parties represented are common in public policy disputes, and differs from private mediations in that the agreements reached are not usually self-enforcing. In most cases, a governing body or agency administrator implements the agreement.

Public policy disputes often address urban planning issues such as the rezoning of property, the development or modification of regulatory statutes, or proposed sites and/or design for new public facilities.

Mediators will find experience in the public policy arena is very beneficial, but not mandatory. Agency staff with technical expertise can be valuable participants, either directly or as a resource.

Contractual Disputes

The types of contracts which are suitable for mediations range from formal, written contracts to informal, verbal contracts. Contracts specify that one party will provide services, or a product, in exchange for the other party’s compensation.

Disputes arise when either party feels that the other did not adequately perform his part of the contract. Often, the service or product did not meet the expected degree of quality or timeliness of delivery. Other disputes arise when the amount and timeliness of the reimbursement is in question.

Successful mediations of these disputes result when each party has an opportunity to fully explain his position, vent his feelings, and hear the other party do the same. The terms of such mediations may include an agreement that the provider replace or improve the product, or changes of the amount of reimbursement, or a combination of both.