In Buckley v. Shealy, the appellate court decided to not to enforce a mediated divorce settlement, when the agreement is over a decade old and was never submitted to the court.
Buckley v. Shealy, 635 S.E.2d 76 (S.C. 2006) affirmed the decision of the trail court to not enforce a mediated divorce settlement last seen at the mediator’s office in 1997 (10 years old), where it is unclear what happened to the signed agreement, and the family court never entered a signed copy of the agreement in the record.
For the past decade, as part of the annual Minnesota State Bar Association ADR Institute, Hamline Professor James Coben has been producing short videos illustrating mediation litigation. Mediate.com is proud to now assist in the further distribution of these exceptional teaching and learning resources.
This enactment may portray “less than optimal” mediator performance. Rest assured that you are not at risk by hiring any of the ADR Institute Players as neutrals (or lawyers), despite what you see on the tape. The videos are fictional reenactments of the mediations underlying the published litigated cases.
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By John Folk-WilliamsJAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleIn the interest of saving time and money, the ABA Dispute Resolution has launched a user guide to help parties and lawyers develop a new...
By Chris PooleReflective Practice: In Their Voices Video Conversation Project Michael Lang interviews John Ford who describes mediating workplace disputes with a process that builds from a carefully constructed opening toward resolution...
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