(A) This rule authorizes and establishes an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program in Coconino County. The ADR program shall operate in accordance with the rules set forth in the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure and the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure. ADR is available in all cases, including those subject to compulsory arbitration, upon a party's or the court's motion.

(B) The ADR program is an alternative to litigation. The purpose of this rule is to afford litigants substantive justice while minimizing the expense and delay inherent in litigation. This rule will be applied and interpreted consistently with this purpose.

(C) When a case is ordered to ADR, the fees charged by the ADR program will be determined according to a fee schedule established by the Board of Supervisors unless deferred or waived in the discretion of the court.

(D) The parties will be responsible for all costs and fees required for the specific ADR process assigned, and those fees and costs shall be borne equally by all parties, unless the parties otherwise agree or the court for good cause shown, upon its own motion or the motion of a party, otherwise orders.

(E) Failure of any party to pay an ADR fee or cost may be punishable as contempt of court, and/or may subject the offending party to sanctions under Rule 16(f), Rules of Civil Procedure.