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The Best Interest Of The Child And The Law , Christian Reichel Van Deusen
The Best Interest Of The Child And The Law , Christian Reichel Van Deusen
Pepperdine Law Review
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Creating The Perfect Case: The Constitutionality Of Retroactive Application Of The Domestic Partner Rights And Responsibilities Act Of 2003, Ryan M. Deam
Pepperdine Law Review
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When Mediation Confidentiality And Substantive Law Clash: An Inquiry Into The Impact Of In Re Marriage Of Kieturakis On California's Confidentiality Law, Annalisa L. H. Peterson
When Mediation Confidentiality And Substantive Law Clash: An Inquiry Into The Impact Of In Re Marriage Of Kieturakis On California's Confidentiality Law, Annalisa L. H. Peterson
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Mediation confidentiality laws play a critical role in allowing mediation to remain a viable process for parties to discuss the issues involved in their dispute, exchange information, and potentially reach a settlement before trial. Without certain guarantees as to the confidential nature of such a meeting, no savvy party or attorney would agree to provide information that could later be turned against him at trial, and many valuable opportunities (as measured in time, cost, reputation, relationship, etc.) for resolution would be lost. However, some parties to mediated disputes either do not reach resolution, or later contest a mediated agreement in …