DIVISION 14. FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT [10000. - 10015.]
Division 14 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 957, Sec. 9.
§§ 10000–10015 · 15 sections
- § 10000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Family Law Facilitator Act.
- § 10001 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Child and spousal support are serious legal obligations. The entry of a child support order is…
- § 10002 Each superior court shall maintain an office of the family law facilitator. The office of the family law facilitator shall be staffed by an attorney licensed…
- § 10003 This division shall apply to all actions or proceedings for temporary or permanent child support, spousal support, health insurance, child custody, or…
- § 10004 Services provided by the family law facilitator shall include, but are not limited to, the following: providing educational materials to parents concerning the…
- § 10005 (a) By local rule, the superior court may designate additional duties of the family law facilitator, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:…
- § 10006 The court shall adopt a protocol wherein all litigants, both unrepresented by counsel and represented by counsel, have ultimate access to a hearing before the…
- § 10007 The court shall provide the family law facilitator at no cost to the parties.
- § 10008 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to a child for whom services are provided or required to be…
- § 10010 The Judicial Council shall adopt minimum standards for the office of the family law facilitator and any forms or rules of court that are necessary to implement…
- § 10011 The Director of the State Department of Social Services shall seek approval from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child…
- § 10012 (a) In a proceeding in which mediation is required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 10005, where there has been a history of domestic…
- § 10013 The family law facilitator shall not represent any party. No attorney-client relationship is created between a party and the family law facilitator as a result…
- § 10014 A person employed by, or directly supervised by, the family law facilitator shall not make any public comment about a pending or impending proceeding in the…
- § 10015 The Judicial Council shall create any necessary forms to advise the parties of the types of services provided, that there is no attorney-client relationship,…