This paper analyzes the legal framework for reaching a written agreement between parents on joint parental care after divorce in the family mediation process and discusses the possibility of child participation and protection of the child's best interests in this process. An overview of the implementation of the family mediation procedure within the social welfare system, its content and stages of implementation and the role of the family mediator as an impartial person in this procedure is discussed. It points out the challenges of conducting family mediation and experts' opinions on overcoming them. Since the work is focused on family mediation in which an agreement on joint parental care is sought, the legal framework that regulates the institution of parental care and its implementation is also presented, the importance of reaching an agreement between the parents, both for the parents themselves and for the child, is analyzed. It is analyzed the importance of reaching an agreement between the parents, both for the parents themselves and for the child, the importance of achieving personal relationships of both parents with the child and the possibility of resting or ceasing parental care is pointed out. The last chapter of the paper presents disputed situations when the parents' marriage ends, the impact of conflict divorces on children, manipulation of children by parents, and the need for support for children and parents during and after divorce is emphasized.