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Objecting To Court Ordered Mediation, Jane C. Murphy
Objecting To Court Ordered Mediation, Jane C. Murphy
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Maryland judges have wide discretion to refer parties to mediate a variety of civil matters. Title 17 of the Maryland Rules, enacted in 1998, governs mediation of civil cases in the circuit courts. These rules are supplemented by Maryland Rule 9-205, which addresses mediation of child custody and visitation disputes. Although these rules define mediation and address mediator qualifications in some detail, they say very little about either a party's right to object to mediation or the court's authority to compel participation in mediation.
Given that the mediation rules are relatively new and mediation orders would generally be considered interlocutory, …