States adopted divorce mediation rapidly, some mandating it for custody and property disputes.

Evidence

Many states now offer divorce mediation to promote settlements for the division of property, child custody, and visitation rights. California has mandated mediation in all such instances. Although exact figures are unavailable, experts have estimated that there were 28,000 divorce mediations in 1980 and more than 34,000 a year later, arise of almost 25 ercent. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2357

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concrete example of how ADR was institutionalized by statute, useful for the course’s coverage of court-adjacent dispute resolution.
• XREF: Connects to family law and court caseload material. — connects to: Divorce mediation and neighborhood justice centers grew rapidly in the late twentieth century — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1175; Migratory divorce mills moved from state to state as each tightened its laws. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2892

Broader Connections

• Migratory divorce mills moved from state to state as each tightened its laws. #complicates (0.90) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2892