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Committee approves change letting mediators prepare summary but keep parties' signatures private
Summary
House Bill 1048 would align the family mediation statute with current mediator practice by allowing mediators to prepare a written summary for parties rather than filing an unsigned draft with the court; the committee amended and voted to recommend passage.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend House Bill 1048 after adopting an amendment that restores a requirement that mediators prepare a written summary of family-mediation results for the parties but prevents the mediator from filing an unsigned agreement with the court.
Sarah Behrens, a staff attorney with the state court administrator's office, told the committee the current statute's language conflicted with mediator…
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