A: As we all know, getting a divorce today can be very expensive. If the two of you turn to adversarial legal proceedings, it can cost a king's ransom. In fact, it is not uncommon for husbands and wives to each spend tens of thousands of dollars in order to get a divorce. And they can spend that amount even if they are not wealthy. Divorce mediation, on the other hand, does not cost a fortune, which is one of the reasons why more and more divorcing couples are turning to it. In most instances, it will cost only a small fraction of what an adversarial divorce proceeding will cost. Nor will there be any retainers to pay. (The retainer charged by most divorce lawyers will be equal to or greater than the entire cost of a mediated divorce.) Just as importantly, there will only be one fee for both of you, not two. Nor will you have to wait months and months (and sometimes a year or more) in order to get some idea of where your mediation is going, which is so often the case when divorcing couples turn to adversarial legal proceedings. You will know in a matter of weeks. Most important of all, if you decide after one or two meetings that divorce mediation is not for you, it will not have cost you very much. Since cost is a function of time, and since you will have spent very little time, the fee will be commensurate.