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The Dallas County Dispute Resolution Center's cancellation and rescheduling policy for court-ordered mediations (posted Nov. 29, 2016): cancellation only on all-party agreement confirmed by the Center, documented medical emergency, or pre-mediation settlement; rescheduling on all-party agreement with 72-hour advance notice or documented medical emergency; and the report-back rule for unexcused non-appearance.
Texas > Dallas County > court-ordered mediations administered by the Dallas County Dispute Resolution Center (the county ADR program the civil, county, and family courts refer cases to) — companion to the civil district courts' Standard Mediation Order, composed separately
CANCELLATION: a scheduled mediation may be cancelled only where (a) "A cancellation must be mutually agreed upon by all named parties of a case and confirmed by the Center"; (b) a medical emergency exists — "A Doctors note must be provided"; or (c) "The case has settled prior to mediation and the appointment is no longer required." RESCHEDULING: a new date and time requires (a) mutual agreement of all named parties with "a 72 hour advanced notice" to the Center, or (b) a documented medical emergency (hospitalization, severe illness, or flu, with a doctor's note). NON-APPEARANCE: "Parties share the understanding that mediation is court ordered and failure to appear without notice will result in the D.C.D.R.C reporting the status back to the corresponding court. If the above criteria are not met, mediation will proceed as scheduled."
Reviewer note: Own-site program policy composed verbatim (custody sha in the crawl ledger); the filename's 112916 date used as posted date; applies to DRC-administered mediations regardless of referring court — composed county-wide (universal) accordingly.
1 verbatim mandatory provision from 13-16-s.
2 verbatim mandatory provisions from 15-41-s.
43 verbatim mandatory provisions from 07-33-s.