(a) No proceeding for dissolution of marriage, including joint petitions, shall be assigned for final hearing until twenty days have elapsed following the date the joint petition is filed or the respondent is actually summoned or is deemed to have been summoned by warning order. In no event shall any such case be assigned for trial before twenty days have elapsed following the entry of appearance or service of summons, or, if there are infant children of the marriage, before sixty days have elapsed from the date of service of summons, appointment of a warning order attorney, or the filing of an entry of appearance or a responsive pleading, whichever occurs first.

(b) If there are minor children of the marriage, a proceeding for dissolution of marriage shall not be assigned for final hearing until the parties have attended and participated in the Parents Education Clinic held at least once each month in the Henderson County Courthouse or such other location as may be approved by the Court.

(c) If a party refuses or fails to attend the clinic, the Court may make such orders in regard to the failure or refusal as are just, and among others the following: (a) An order refusing to assign a trial date until the party requesting the trial date attends the clinic; (b) An order declining to set or enforce permanent visitation rights for the disobedient party until the disobedient party attends the clinic; (c) An order reserving the granting or approval of final custody; and (d) In lieu of any of the foregoing orders or in addition thereto, an order treating as a contempt of court the failure to obey an order to attend the clinic.

(d) If the parties have previously obtained other professional counseling regarding custody and visitation, the Court may, upon the written recommendation of such counselor, waive the requirement that parties attend the clinic and assign the matter for trial.