Jim....my W and I agreed on everything so we did not go to mediation. My judge friend told me there is no reason to mediate on what you already agree to. My W and I did not get separate lawyers and just used 1 to draw up the papers. She does not represent either one of us and made that very clear.I know everyone is different but we paid a total of $1000 for our D......750 to the lawyer and 250 to file with the county. Everything in our decree was between my W and I with no outside influences.