California Family Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 3160.
  Each superior court shall make a mediator available. The court is not required to institute a family conciliation court in order to provide mediation services.(Repealed...
• Section 3161.
  The purposes of a mediation proceeding are as follows:(a) To reduce acrimony that may exist between the parties.(b) To develop an agreement assuring the child close and...
• Section 3162.
  (a) Mediation of cases involving custody and visitation concerning children shall be governed by uniform standards of practice adopted by the Judicial Council.(b) The standards of practice...
• Section 3163.
  Courts shall develop local rules to respond to requests for a change of mediators or to general problems relating to mediation.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch....
• Section 3164.
  (a) The mediator may be a member of the professional staff of a family conciliation court, probation department, or mental health services agency, or may be...
• Section 3165.
  Any person, regardless of administrative title, hired on or after January 1, 1998, who is responsible for clinical supervision of evaluators, investigators, or mediators or...

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