STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF en-CAFIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT CASE NO. , Petitioner, vs. , Respondent. ORDER FOR MEDIATION It appears to the Court that a parenting plan or agreement has not been filed concerning and there is a dispute regarding custody and/or visitation issues. This Court encourages mediation of a parenting plan. It is, therefore, approved and ordered by the Court that: 1. The parties shall both attend an Information Session on Children and Separation. An Information Session on Children and Separation has been scheduled for Wednesday , 201 8:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Judge Steve Herrera Judicial Complex, in Santa Fe, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Children shall NOT attend this session. Immediately following the Information Session (approximately 10:00 a.m.), attorneys and mediators will be available to work with the parties, without a fee, on an uncontested Parenting Plan, Child Support Order, and/or Final Decree of Dissolution of Marriage when both parents are present, and there is an agreement regarding custody and/or visitation and property/debt division. 2. The parties are required to fill out and complete the Mediation Service Information Data Sheet which will be provided at the Information Session on Children and Separation on the date indicated above. The parties will be scheduled for mandatory services through Family Court Services (fees are charged) in all cases, unless full agreement is reached prior to the appointment. 3. Unless a Parenting Plan has been completed and accepted by the Court, the parties are referred to the Family Court Services, for the purposes of mediation, and for Priority Consultation and/or Advisory Consultation if mediation has been unsuccessful. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 2 4. Family Court Service shall be paid by the parties prior to each session in accordance with the sliding scale fee determined by the Family Court Services. 5. The Family Court Services mediator shall encourage and assist the parties to resolve the contested child custody and visitation matters in a way that is mutually satisfactory to the parties and beneficial to the child or children. 6. Mediation proceedings shall be held in private and shall be confidential. Consistent with New Mexico Statute and Court Rules, all communications, verbal or written, from the parties to the mediator made pursuant to this order, shall be inadmissible in any Court hearing. 7. No report of the personal content of mediation shall be made to the Court. The mediator shall inform the Court by written report the result of the mediation session. If the mediation process is successful, the agreement shall be reduced to writing on a form to be signed by the parties and approved by the judge. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com