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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING
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F.S. 61.183
61.183 Mediation of certain contested issues.
(1) In any proceeding in which the issues of parental responsibility, primary residence, access to, visitation with, or support of a child are contested, the court may refer the parties to mediation in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court. In Title IV-D cases, any costs, including filing fees, recording fees, mediation costs, service of process fees, and other expenses incurred by the clerk of the circuit court, shall be assessed only against the nonprevailing obligor after the court makes a determination of the nonprevailing obligor’s ability to pay such costs and fees.
(2) If an agreement is reached by the parties on the contested issues, a consent order incorporating the agreement shall be prepared by the mediator and submitted to the parties and their attorneys for review. Upon approval by the parties, the consent order shall be reviewed by the court and, if approved, entered. Thereafter, the consent order may be enforced in the same manner as any other court order.
(3) Any information from the files, reports, case summaries, mediator’s notes, or other communications or materials relating to a mediation proceeding pursuant to this section obtained by any person performing mediation duties is exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).
History.s. 128, ch. 86-220; s. 4, ch. 89-183; s. 17, ch. 90-360; s. 10, ch. 92-138; s. 20, ch. 96-406; s. 5, ch. 2004-291; s. 5, ch. 2009-180.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 61.183
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SINGER, v. SINGER,, 652 So. 2d 454 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . not address potential questions of privileged communication in mediation negotiations under section 61.183 . . .

In SULLIVAN, v. SULLIVAN,, 604 So. 2d 878 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . the trial court may wish to refer the parties to this dispute to mediation as provided for in Sec. 61.183 . . .

ANDERSON, v. ANDERSON,, 494 So. 2d 237 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . closing hours of its session in June 1986 adopted enlightened legislation by the creation of section 61.183 . . . , Florida Statutes (1986), which provides: 61.183 Mediation of certain contested issues.— (1) In any . . .