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Panel updates family-mediation statute to keep unsigned summaries out of court records
Summary
Committee approved an amendment and recommended passage of a bill that aligns family-mediation practice with mediator confidentiality obligations by allowing mediators to prepare summaries for parties rather than filing unsigned agreements with the court.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend House Bill 1048, which revises Section 1409.107 of the North Dakota Century Code to reflect current family mediation practice and mediators’ confidentiality obligations. Sarah Behrens, a staff attorney in the state court administrator’s office, said mediators currently prepare written summaries of what parties…
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