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UTCR 12.070 — QUALIFICATION AS AN APPROVED DOMESTIC RELATIONS CUSTODY AND PARENTING MEDIATOR, ONGOING OBLIGATIONS

2026 Uniform Trial Court Rules — Chapter 12 · physical PDF page 7–9 · 2026

12.070 QUALIFICATION AS AN APPROVED DOMESTIC RELATIONS CUSTODY
AND PARENTING MEDIATOR, ONGOING OBLIGATIONS
To become an approved domestic relations custody and parenting mediator, an
individual must establish, to the satisfaction of the determining authority, that the
individual meets or exceeds all the following qualifications and will continue to meet
ongoing requirements as described.
(1) Education.  An applicant must possess at least one of the following:
(a) A master’s or doctoral degree in counseling, psychiatry, psychology, social
work, marriage and family therapy, or mental health from an accredited
college or university.
(b) A law degree from an accredited law school with course work and/or
Continuing Legal Education credits in family law.
(c) A master’s or doctoral degree in a subject relating to children and family
dynamics, education, communication, or conflict resolution from an accredited
college or university, with coursework in human behavior, plus at least one
year full-time equivalent post-degree experience in providing social work,
mental health, or conflict resolution services to families.
(d) A bachelor’s degree in a behavioral science related to family relationships,
child development, or conflict resolution, with coursework in a behavioral
science, and at least seven years full-time equivalent post-bachelor’s
experience in providing social work, mental health, or conflict resolution
services to families.
(2) Training.  An applicant must have completed training in each of the following
areas:
(a) The basic mediation curriculum in UTCR 12.100;
(b) The domestic relations custody and parenting mediation curriculum in
UTCR 12.110; and
(c) Court-system training in UTCR 12.130, or substantially similar training.
(3) Experience.  An applicant must have completed one of the following types of
experience:
2026 UTCR 12.8
(a) Participation in at least 20 cases including a total of at least 100 hours of
domestic relations mediation supervised by or co-mediated with a person
qualified as a domestic relations custody and parenting mediation supervisor
under this section.  At least 10 cases and 50 hours of the supervised cases
must be in domestic relations custody and parenting mediation.  At least three
of the domestic relations custody and parenting mediation cases must have
direct observation by the qualified supervisor; or
(b) At least two years full-time equivalent experience in any of the following:
mediation, direct therapy or counseling experience with an emphasis on
short-term problem solving, or as a practicing attorney handling a domestic
relations or juvenile caseload.  Applicants must have:
(i) Participated as a mediator or comediator in a total of at least 10 cases
including a total of at least 50 hours of domestic relations custody and
parenting mediation, and
(ii) An understanding of court-connected domestic relations programs.
(4) Continuing education.  As an ongoing obligation, an approved domestic relations
custody and parenting mediator must complete 24 hours of continuing education
every two calendar years, beginning January 1 of the year after the mediator’s
approval by the determining authority, as described in UTCR 12.140.
(5) Conduct.  An applicant and, as an ongoing obligation, an approved domestic
relations custody and parenting mediator must subscribe to the mediator ethics in
UTCR 12.040.
(6) Public information.  An applicant and, as an ongoing obligation, an approved
domestic relations custody and parenting mediator must comply with requirements
to provide and maintain information in UTCR 12.050.
(7) Supervision.  A qualified domestic relations custody and parenting mediation
supervisor is an individual who has:
(a) Met the qualifications of a domestic relations custody and parenting mediator
as defined in UTCR 12.070;
(b) Completed at least 35 cases including a total of at least 350 hours of
domestic relations custody and parenting mediation beyond the experience
required of a domestic relations custody and parenting mediator in this
section; and
(c) An understanding of court-connected domestic relations programs.
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