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SLR 12.011 — Mediation in Child Custody and Parenting Time Visitation Issues

Crook, Jefferson County Supplementary Local Rules (2026) · physical PDF page 21–22 · 2026

12.011 Mediation in Child Custody and Parenting Time Visitation Issues

(1) COMMENCEMENT OF MEDIATION BY STIPULATED REQUEST FOR
MEDIATION

Except as provided in the last sentence of this subsection, mediation may be commenced
at any stage of a pending domestic relations proceeding by the stipulation of the parties or
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Reissued:  February 1, 2026
22nd Judicial District
Crook/Jefferson Counties
by court order.  Court orders may be granted at the discretion of the court, on the motion
of either party or on the court's own motion.  If a general judgment of dissolution has been
entered in a domestic relations case and the judgment provided that the parties may
mediate any custody or parenting time issue without a motion to show cause or enforce,
the parties may do so by filing a stipulated motion for mediation.

(2) MEDIATION AND CUSTODY/PARENTING TIME STUDY BEFORE HEARING

Subject to the provisions of ORS 107.755, 107.097, 107.138 AND 107.718, the court may
decline to hear a custody or parenting time dispute until and unless the parties have
participated in mediation in order to resolve the issues between them.  The court may
order mediation and require the parties to participate in the mediation upon its own motion
even in the absence of a request from one or both of the parties.

(3) GOOD FAITH REQUIRED

Mediation may not be used by any parent in bad faith for the purposes of delay or
resolution of other issues.  If the court finds at any time that the mediation process is being
misused in violation of this rule, it may determine that mediation has been unsuccessful.

(4) UNSUCCESSFUL MEDIATION

In the event the parents are not successful in mediating the custody or parenting time
controversy, the mediator will notify the court.  The matter will be scheduled for a hearing
in the same course and with the same priority on the docket as though there had been no
mediation.

CHAPTER 13 - ARBITRATION

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