Mediation and Civil Legal Services
provided by Center for Dispute Settlement
Center for Dispute Settlement Seneca County
Waterloo NY 13165
F by appointment only.
* Provides confidential mediation and conflict resolution services.
- Divorce mediation and Arbitration.
- Child custody and visitation.
- Community mediation for quality of life issues, e.g. neighbor disputes, small claims, contractor, homeowner, landlord/tenant.
- Restorative justice.
- Special education mediation.
- Vehicle lemon law.
- Commercial arbitration.
- Training - Conflict resolution, employee disputes, peer mediation for schools.
Cultural Competency
Language Access
Eligibility: Anyone who has a conflict, or dispute. Willingness to participate in a confidential conversation process facilitated by professionally trained impartial mediator. Anyone interested in receiving training in dispute resolution, team building, mediation.
Application Process: Call office to set up consultation session. Referrals through courts, police, community agencies or self-referral.
Required Documentation: Call for information.
Fees: If any, nominal fees. Sliding scale based on income. Third Party Insurance.
Coverage Note: Monroe, Cayuga, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates Counties.
Cultural Competency: Cultural competency, diversity, equity, and inclusion training for staff
Languages: Spanish - Staff provides in-person interpreter, Language line
Center for Dispute Settlement, Inc. is a community dispute resolution center committed to providing constructive and effective non-violent preventive and restorative services to individuals, families and communities. Services are confidential and include Custody & Visitation, Divorce Mediation & Divorce Arbitration, Special Education, ACCES-VR, Restorative Practices (Circles), Landlord-Tenant Disputes, Commercial and Contractor Disputes, Restorative Justice for cases of harm or crime, Anger Management, Peer Mediation, Workforce Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB), Leadership Coaching, Implicit Bias Training, Small Claims in the following counties: Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates.