California Code of Civil Procedure TITLE 11.6 - CIVIL ACTION MEDIATION

• Section 1775.
  The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) The peaceful resolution of disputes in a fair, timely, appropriate, and cost-effective manner is an essential function of the judicial...
• Section 1775.1.
  (a) As used in this title, “mediation” means a process in which a neutral person or persons facilitate communication between the disputants to assist them in...
• Section 1775.2.
  (a) This title shall apply to the courts of the County of Los Angeles.(b) A court of any county, at the option of the presiding judge, may...
• Section 1775.3.
  (a) In the courts of the County of Los Angeles and in other courts that elect to apply this title, all at-issue civil actions in which...
• Section 1775.4.
  An action that has been ordered into arbitration pursuant to Section 1141.11 or 1141.12 may not be ordered into mediation under this title, and an...
• Section 1775.5.
  The court shall not order a case into mediation where the amount in controversy exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The determination of the amount in...
• Section 1775.6.
  In actions submitted to mediation pursuant to Section 1775.3, a mediator shall be selected for the action within 30 days of its submission to mediation....
• Section 1775.7.
  (a) Submission of an action to mediation pursuant to this title shall not suspend the running of the time periods specified in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with...
• Section 1775.8.
  (a) The compensation of court-appointed mediators shall be the same as the compensation of arbitrators pursuant to Section 1141.18, except that no compensation shall be paid...
• Section 1775.9.
  (a) In the event that the parties to mediation are unable to reach a mutually acceptable agreement and any party to the mediation wishes to terminate...
• Section 1775.10.a.
  All statements made by the parties during the mediation shall be subject to Sections 703.5 and 1152, and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1115) of...
• Section 1775.11.
  Any party who participates in mediation pursuant to Section 1775.3 shall retain the right to obtain discovery to the extent available under the Civil Discovery...
• Section 1775.12.
  Any reference to the mediation or the statement of nonagreement filed pursuant to Section 1775.9 during any subsequent trial shall constitute an irregularity in the...
• Section 1775.13.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in this title be construed to preempt other current or future alternative dispute resolution programs operating...
• Section 1775.14.
  (a) On or before January 1, 1998, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Legislature concerning court alternative dispute resolution programs. This report shall...
• Section 1775.15.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law except the provisions of this title, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for all of the following:(a) The procedures...

Last modified: October 22, 2018