OUT-OF-COURT
REPORTER

NEWSLETTER OF THE ISBA ADR SECTIONSPRING 2004

 

Editor's Message

Welcome to the Spring 2004 edition of the Out-of-Court Reporter. With the CLE program at the Spring Meeting concentrating on the area of Family Mediation, this issue of the newsletter features several short articles from one of our members, Janet Mitchell, who practices in this area of ADR in Allen County. I'd like to thank Janet for sharing her work with us.

As with the last issue, you can read the full articles by using the hyperlink provided. The hyperlink takes you to the ISBA website and our ADR Section pages.

Until next time,

Moni Draper, Editor.

 

Table of Contents

Spring Meeting 2004
ADR Education Programs - ICLEF
ADR Rules and Law
Potpourri

 

ADR Education - - ICLEF
Civil Mediation Training, July 14-18,2004
40 hours/24 CLE hours/6 hours ethics
Indianapolis, IN
Thomas R. Lemon and Joy L. Colwell, Instructors

Family to Civil Crossover Training, SOLD OUT

Advanced Civil Mediation Training, May 14-15, 2004
6 CME/4 CLE/1 Ethics hours
Marriott North, Indianapolis, IN
Michael Bishop and Joy L. Colwell et al, Instructors

ADR Rules and Law
Affording Divorce Mediation:

Effective July 1, 2003, all 92 counties may provide assistance to low-income domestic relations litigants. In paternity, separation and dissolution cases, IC 33-4-13 sets up a system for counties to adopt which would link parties' co-payments to income.
Read the full article by Janet Mitchell-Dix.

Judges Serving as Mediators:

The ADR Rule 2.5 was changed to permit judges to mediate in cases pending before another judge, a practice now being done in Allen County where many judges have mediation training. This applies to both civil cases per 2.5(A)(5) and domestic relations cases per 2.5(B)(5).
Read the article by Janet Mitchell.
 
Spring Meeting, 2004
Friday, April 30, 2004

2:00 PM - "Issues in Family ADR"
4:00 PM, Section Meeting and Reception
Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Program: Will provide 2 CLE hours, and will feature Hon. Mary R. Harper, Porter Co. Circuit Court; Magistrate Edward Nemeth, Porter Juvenile Court; Fances Hill, Consultant for the Family Court Project; Mark Roscoe, Attorney-Mediator; and Hon. Tom Felts, Allen Co. Circuit Court.

Potpourri
Mediation in the domestic area is not only for divorce and custody situations. ADR and mediation in particular can also be used for dealing with eldercare issues.

Janet Mitchell, an Eldercare Mediator, has written a short article entitled Eldercare Family Decisionmaking Mediation: A Better Way to Make Decisions, which outlines the advantages of mediation when caring and making decisions for elderly relatives.

Janet has also been kind enough to provide a short article addressing Transformative and Facilitative Mediation.

Both these articles represent Janet's opinions gleaned from her years of practice and research and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Section as a whole.