Portland Divorce Mediation:
Matthew House, J.D.

Matthew House provides the Portland area's most comprehensive divorce mediation service -- the only Portland-area mediator with:

• A law degree and 20 years of experience as a divorce mediator;

• Extensive training as a Family Law Financial Analyst;

• 20 years of divorce coaching and parenting plan drafting expertise;

• 7 years as a K-12 teacher as a foundation for providing free sessions to teens and pre-teens in divorce mediation; and

• An Oregon Notary Public Commission

Matthew House's Services

Expert legal information tailored to your family.

Child-focused parenting plans customized to your children's needs

Clear financial analysis for fair division of marital assets and debts

Free sessions for teens and pre-teens to answer their questions, understand their needs, and listen to their concerns

Notary services are always free of charge for Matthew's clients, even after mediation

Schedule an Introduction or a Meet-and-Greet to learn more about how Matthew can help you!

Matthew earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, at the University of Oregon, where he majored in Spanish and volunteered extensively in Spanish classes with students from 8 to 18. He earned his law degree at the University of Idaho College of Law in 2005. Matthew has maintained a full-time divorce mediation practice since 2005 and has been based in Central Beaverton since 2007. Read more.

Meet Matthew House

Ohana Means Family

Matthew earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, at the University of Oregon, where he majored in Spanish and volunteered extensively in Spanish classes with students from 8 to 18. He earned his law degree at the University of Idaho College of Law in 2005. Matthew has maintained a full-time divorce mediation practice since 2005 and has been based in Central Beaverton since 2007. Read more.

Mediation Process

The average person loses 168 hours of productivity during a divorce. Matthew's ACE approach -- Affordable, Cordial, and Efficient -- saves time, money, and stress. If you want a Marital Settlement Agreement in your hands within 30 days of beginning mediation, Matthew can make it happen. The typical timeframe to complete mediation and have an agreement produced is 45 to 60 days. Matthew will accommodate any pace you prefer. Here are the steps:

Divorce mediation always addresses the main categories that must be resolved in an Oregon divorce -- child custody, parenting time, child support, asset division, debt division, spousal support or lack thereof, and a few other minor details. However, there are many more topics that Matthew chooses to invite clients to address -- optionally -- in their Marital Settlement Agreements.

Matthew will help you mediate all aspects of your divorce that you must address, and he will suggest other things that would be wise to discuss, even if not legally required. You may also raise any issues that you would like to discuss with the other party in mediation and include in your MSA.

To think comprehensively without getting overwhelmed by too much information at once, it's helpful to think about your mediation decisions in these seven categories to explore at your own pace:

Child-Related Decisions; Budgets and Support; Asset Division; Debts and Credit; Tax-Related Topics; Insurance; Other Issues Important to You

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