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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SUPPORT; TIME-SHARING

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F.S. 61.183

61.183 Mediation of certain contested issues.—

(1) In any proceeding in which the issues of parental responsibility, primary residence, access to, visitation with, or support of a child are contested, the court may refer the parties to mediation in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court. In Title IV-D cases, any costs, including filing fees, recording fees, mediation costs, service of process fees, and other expenses incurred by the clerk of the circuit court, shall be assessed only against the nonprevailing obligor after the court makes a determination of the nonprevailing obligor’s ability to pay such costs and fees.

(2) If an agreement is reached by the parties on the contested issues, a consent order incorporating the agreement shall be prepared by the mediator and submitted to the parties and their attorneys for review. Upon approval by the parties, the consent order shall be reviewed by the court and, if approved, entered. Thereafter, the consent order may be enforced in the same manner as any other court order.

(3) Any information from the files, reports, case summaries, mediator’s notes, or other communications or materials relating to a mediation proceeding pursuant to this section obtained by any person performing mediation duties is exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).

History.—s. 128, ch. 86-220; s. 4, ch. 89-183; s. 17, ch. 90-360; s. 10, ch. 92-138; s. 20, ch. 96-406; s. 5, ch. 2004-291; s. 5, ch. 2009-180.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 61.183

Total Results: 7

Singer v. Singer

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-03-22

Citation: 652 So. 2d 454, 1995 WL 119190

Snippet: communication in mediation negotiations under section 61.183, Florida Statutes, or of the parties' alleged waiver

Sullivan v. Sullivan

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-08-21

Citation: 604 So. 2d 878, 1992 WL 201057

Snippet: this dispute to mediation as provided for in Sec. 61.183(1), Florida Statutes. The rationale for encouraging

Anderson v. Anderson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-08-27

Citation: 494 So. 2d 237, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1863

Snippet: the creation of section 61.183, Florida Statutes (1986), which provides: 61.183 Mediation of certain contested

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1974-02-11

Snippet: Department,178 So.2d 626 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1965); AGO's 061-183, 060-81, 059-31, and 058-99.

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1974-02-08

Snippet: (Board of Commissioners of State Institutions); AGO 061-183 (State Board of Medical Examiners); Spangler v

Skog v. Chrysler Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-11-30

Citation: 135 So. 2d 25

Snippet: PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial in a personal injury action. The complaint alleged injuries arising out of an automobile collision at a street intersection in the City of Miami. The jury found for the plaintiff and the trial judge granted the new trial upon four separate grounds as follows: 1. The trial judge’s failure to sustain objection to opinion testimony of a police officer as to which vehicle first entered the intersection. 2. The court’s failure to instruct

McBrayer v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1933-10-19

Citation: 150 So. 736, 112 Fla. 415, 1933 Fla. LEXIS 2259

Snippet: followed and affirmed in State v. Burton, 267 Mo. 61,183 S.W. Rep. 315. The evidence at the trial of this