I attended a final mediation and signed documents under duress (without legal representation, not by choice).
The opposing lawyer drafted the final mediation document allowing me one afternoon before it was submitted to the judge for signature.
At the hearing I protested but the associate judge signed the decree anyway.
Afterwards, my lawyer put in a motion to overturn the final mediated settlement (duress, not represented by counsel). The residing judge did not grant a new trial but is allowing the lawyers (mine, husband’s) to clarify the final mediated agreement and then submit that document for final decision.
