When mandatory child custody mediation was enacted into California law in 1981, there was great hope that this new way of resolving family conflicts would make dispute resolution more efficient and family-friendly. Now, 25 years later, we can confidently say this hope has been realized, with a profound shift away from the traditional adversarial model of dispute resolution in family matters and toward a system that supports the private ordering of these issues—a shift that’s arguably the most significant legal … Continue reading The Mediation Miracle