Legal aid: family mediation
Find specific information and funding guidance so you can run your mediation service according to Legal Aid Agency (LAA) contracts.
Applies to England and Wales
Mediation for family cases
As family mediators, you바카라 사이트檙e trained to help separating couples reach money, property and childcare agreements without going to court.
Clients may qualify for legal aid to help with mediation costs should a dispute arise from a family relationship.
Clients applying to the family court to resolve disputes over children or finances legally need to prove they바카라 사이트檝e considered mediation first.
However, if this doesn바카라 사이트檛 work, your clients can go to the family court to resolve their dispute. But only:
- if they can prove to the judge that they바카라 사이트檝e been to a 바카라 사이트榤ediation information and assessment meeting바카라 사이트� with a family mediator but the mediation was unsuitable
- if they바카라 사이트檙e exempt from considering mediation, e.g. if domestic violence is involved
Key documents
Mediation claims
Submit a claim you바카라 사이트檝e done on mediation cases
Use the claim forms to report work you바카라 사이트檝e carried out as a provider of family mediation. But first read the above guidance and also the 2018 Standard Civil Contract
Updates to this page
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Updated with version 5 of family mediation guidance manual
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Updated link for submitting mediation claims
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Guidance manual updated for November 2014
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Family mediation guidance manual draft 2014 published.
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First published.