California Evidence Code CHAPTER 2 - Mediation

• Section 1115.
  For purposes of this chapter:(a) “Mediation” means a process in which a neutral person or persons facilitate communication between the disputants to assist them in reaching...
• Section 1116.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter expands or limits a court’s authority to order participation in a dispute resolution proceeding. Nothing in this chapter authorizes or affects...
• Section 1117.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter applies to a mediation as defined in Section 1115.(b) This chapter does not apply to either of the...
• Section 1118.
  An oral agreement “in accordance with Section 1118” means an oral agreement that satisfies all of the following conditions:(a) The oral agreement is recorded by a...
• Section 1119.
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:(a) No evidence of anything said or any admission made for the purpose of, in the course of, or pursuant...
• Section 1120.
  (a) Evidence otherwise admissible or subject to discovery outside of a mediation or a mediation consultation shall not be or become inadmissible or protected from disclosure...
• Section 1121.
  Neither a mediator nor anyone else may submit to a court or other adjudicative body, and a court or other adjudicative body may not consider,...
• Section 1122.
  (a) A communication or a writing, as defined in Section 250, that is made or prepared for the purpose of, or in the course of, or...
• Section 1123.
  A written settlement agreement prepared in the course of, or pursuant to, a mediation, is not made inadmissible, or protected from disclosure, by provisions of...
• Section 1124.
  An oral agreement made in the course of, or pursuant to, a mediation is not made inadmissible, or protected from disclosure, by the provisions of...
• Section 1125.
  (a) For purposes of confidentiality under this chapter, a mediation ends when any one of the following conditions is satisfied:(1) The parties execute a written settlement agreement...
• Section 1126.
  Anything said, any admission made, or any writing that is inadmissible, protected from disclosure, and confidential under this chapter before a mediation ends, shall remain...
• Section 1127.
  If a person subpoenas or otherwise seeks to compel a mediator to testify or produce a writing, as defined in Section 250, and the court...
• Section 1128.
  Any reference to a mediation during any subsequent trial is an irregularity in the proceedings of the trial for the purposes of Section 657 of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018