The Family Procedure Rules 2010 No. 2955 (L. 17)

[F1 Part 3 E+W Non-court Dispute Resolution

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 3 substituted (22.4.2014) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/843), rules 1, 5

Chapter 3: E+W Family Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMs)

Conduct of MIAMs E+W

3.9.— (1) Only an authorised family mediator may conduct a MIAM.

(2) At the MIAM, the authorised family mediator must—

(a) provide information about the principles, process and different models of mediation, and information about other methods of non-court dispute resolution;

(b) assess the suitability of mediation as a means of resolving the dispute;

(c) assess whether there has been, or is a risk of, domestic violence; and

(d) assess whether there has been, or is a risk of, harm by a prospective party to a child that would be a subject of the application.]