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Adr Gone Wild!: One State’S Experience With A Radical Trust And Estate Dispute Resolution Act, Kirsten M. Elliott

Kirsten M Elliott

This paper explores one state’s use of a radical alternative dispute resolution act in the area of wills and trusts. While the primary focus of this paper is to explore a unique Washington law –the Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act (TEDRA) – it is important to note that similar, if not identical sets of statutes exist in other states. TEDRA was passed in 1999 as a means for providing for mandatory alternative dispute resolution in the area of trusts and estates, namely mediation, arbitration, or private agreement between the parties. Recently, Idaho passed a nearly identical Act and these …