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#someone is threatening to hide, sell, or give away property or money.
If you don't have to deal with one or more of these issues, you can always try to negotiate a resolution to the things you disagree about, and find a settlement that you both agree with. People who need help negotiating sometimes hire someone else to help, someone who has special training and experience helping people resolve problems and make deals, called a ''mediator''. Mediators help to guide the negotiation process and encourage people to see different ways of solving the problem. If you can't reach a settlement no matter how hard you try, you might use an arbitrator. An arbitrator is someone who has special training and makes a decision, after listening carefully to each side, on the things you disagree about like a judge.
Lawyers who mediate family law problems are called ''family law mediators'', and have training in mediation in addition to their training as lawyers. In the same way, lawyers who arbitrate family law problems are called ''family law arbitrators'', and have additional training in arbitration. Because there are no rules about who can and who can't call themselves a mediator or an arbitrator, you should look carefully at the mediator's or arbitrator's credentials before you agree to use that person as your mediator or arbitrator.