Rule 705 Mediation
Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated31st Judicial Circuit - Floyd, Knott and Magoffin Family Court
KY FFCR Rule 705
Rule 705 Mediation
If ordered by the court pursuant to FCRPP 2(6), the parties shall engage in mediation unless the exceptions provided under KRS 403.036 apply.
The parties shall exchange and provide to the mediator, in no less than five (5) working days prior to the mediation conference, the following:
Approved Mediators
1. A Floyd, Knott, or Magoffin Family Courts Approved mediator shall complete a minimum of forty (40) hours in a family mediation training program approved by the Floyd, Knott, or Magoffin Family Court and shall have a college degree, prior basic education and training in the Behavioral Sciences, or be an attorney licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The parties may select a mediator with equivalent experience who is not on the Court approved list.
Any party may move the Court to disqualify a mediator. Mediators have a duty to disclose any fact bearing on their qualifications, including any fact which would be grounds for disqualification of a judge. If the Court rules that a mediator is disqualified, an order shall be entered setting forth the name of a qualified replacement. Nothing in this provision shall limit the discretion of a mediator to refuse any assignment. A mediator may elect to decline to act as the mediator, which is final upon written notification to the parties, the Court.
The mediator may suspend or terminate mediation whenever, in the opinion of the mediator, the matter is not appropriate for further mediation or at the request of either party.
The parties will attend the mediation conference and shall appear promptly at the time and location for the scheduled mediation conference. The attorneys for each party may attend and participate, subject to the defined roles of the mediator, and shall at all times be permitted to privately communicate with their respective clients.
1. At the conclusion of mediation, the mediator shall report without comment to the Court and the Family Court Judge's Office as to the outcome of the mediation, (i.e. a full agreement, partial agreement or mediation terminated). A termination or non-agreement shall be without prejudice to either party.
1. Mediation proceedings shall be held in private and all communications, verbal or written, made in the proceedings shall be confidential. The same protection shall be given to communications between the parties in the presence of the mediator, and to all communications, verbal or written, with the Floyd, Knott, or Magoffin Family Court staff or designee. The only exception to this Rule is that the mediator shall be responsible for reporting abuse according to KRS 209.030, KRS 209A.030 and KRS 620.030.
Credits
HISTORY: Adopted effective June 8, 2012.
Floyd, Knott and Magoffin Family Court Rule 705, KY R FLOYD FAM CT Rule 705
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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