Well, until the end of the current fiscal year anyway.
The court says it has had trouble collecting mediation fees, so it has to limit the number of mediation sessions until the next fiscal year. How the problem of not getting paid is being addressed, the announcement did not say. That can has been kicked into the next fiscal year.
The issue is probably the huge number of pro se litigants who fail to pay. There was a time when the court would not schedule the mediation until they were paid the mediation fee. Now, they schedule them without getting paid up front. It is administratively convenient to do so, as they have all the parties present after the various Family Division case conferences, and the clerk is able to assign a time when the parties say they can make it.
Hopefully the issue will be resolved soon.
The court says it has had trouble collecting mediation fees, so it has to limit the number of mediation sessions until the next fiscal year. How the problem of not getting paid is being addressed, the announcement did not say. That can has been kicked into the next fiscal year.
The issue is probably the huge number of pro se litigants who fail to pay. There was a time when the court would not schedule the mediation until they were paid the mediation fee. Now, they schedule them without getting paid up front. It is administratively convenient to do so, as they have all the parties present after the various Family Division case conferences, and the clerk is able to assign a time when the parties say they can make it.
Hopefully the issue will be resolved soon.
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