Get CA Confidential Mediation Intake Statement 2012-2024

The process is very simple. Both parents meet with a third party mediator. The job for that mediator is to help the parents arrive at an agreement for child custody and visitation. The mediator cannot make an order, and in our county the mediator does not make any recommendation to the judge.

A mediator is a person who works with both/all of you to look for creative ways to solve your disagreement. With mediation you can be more creative than the judge can in court because you can make agreements about things the judge can't.

A confidential mediation statement, on the other hand, provides an opportunity to clearly assert your client's strengths and the other side's weaknesses without having to pull your punches, enabling you to telegraph to the mediator the arguments about which you are most confident. The weaknesses of your case.

In California, whether mediators provide a recommendation to the family court judge depends on the county rules. For example, in Corona, Riverside County, the court-appointed mediator does provide a written recommended parenting plan for the judge prior to the mediation session.

While there are no state-wide requirements for qualifications of mediators in court-connected mediation programs (each court has its own requirements), the Supreme Court of California provides model standards for mediator qualifications which include 40 hours of basic mediation training followed by at least two ...

A mediator should not disclose confidential information without permission of all parties or unless required by law, court rule or other legal authority.