TITLE 11.6. CIVIL ACTION MEDIATION [1775. - 1775.15.]
Title 11.6 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1261, Sec. 4.
§§ 1775–1775.15 · 16 sections
- § 1775 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The peaceful resolution of disputes in a fair, timely, appropriate, and cost-effective manner is an essential…
- § 1775.1 (a) As used in this title, “mediation” means a process in which a neutral person or persons facilitate communication between the disputants to assist them in…
- § 1775.2 (a) This title shall apply to the courts of the County of Los Angeles. (b) A court of any county, at the option of the presiding judge, may elect whether or…
- § 1775.3 (a) In the courts of the County of Los Angeles and in other courts that elect to apply this title, all at-issue civil actions in which arbitration is otherwise…
- § 1775.4 An action that has been ordered into arbitration pursuant to Section 1141.11 or 1141.12 may not be ordered into mediation under this title, and an action that…
- § 1775.5 (a) The court shall not order a case into mediation where the amount in controversy exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The determination of the amount…
- § 1775.6 In actions submitted to mediation pursuant to Section 1775.3, a mediator shall be selected for the action within 30 days of its submission to mediation. The…
- § 1775.7 (a) Submission of an action to mediation pursuant to this title shall not suspend the running of the time periods specified in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with…
- § 1775.8 (a) The compensation of court-appointed mediators shall be the same as the compensation of arbitrators pursuant to Section 1141.18, except that no compensation…
- § 1775.9 (a) In the event that the parties to mediation are unable to reach a mutually acceptable agreement and any party to the mediation wishes to terminate the…
- § 1775.10 All statements made by the parties during the mediation shall be subject to Sections 703.5 and 1152, and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1115) of Division…
- § 1775.11 Any party who participates in mediation pursuant to Section 1775.3 shall retain the right to obtain discovery to the extent available under the Civil Discovery…
- § 1775.12 Any reference to the mediation or the statement of nonagreement filed pursuant to Section 1775.9 during any subsequent trial shall constitute an irregularity…
- § 1775.13 It is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in this title be construed to preempt other current or future alternative dispute resolution programs…
- § 1775.14 (a) On or before January 1, 1998, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Legislature concerning court alternative dispute resolution programs. This…
- § 1775.15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law except the provisions of this title, the Judicial Council shall provide by rule for all of the following: (a) The…