CD-52694b
Establishing Ethical Standards for Online Family Mediation.
Melamed, James C.
Journal Article
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Published: April 2021
Family Court Review
Vol. 59, No. 2
, p. 244-249
DOI: 10.1111/fcre.12571
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Leading national family mediation organizations have abided by generally common standards for family mediation for over two decades. Do these standards now need to be reconsidered and updated to address issues of online family mediation? If so, how do we best do this reconsideration and updating? In this article, Jim Melamed, Co-Founder, General Counsel, and Chairman of the Board of Mediate.com (as well as the past Executive Director of the Academy of Family Mediators) discusses the new challenges facing family mediation practice as a result of new technologies and suggests changes in ethical standards. (Author abstract)
Keywords:
ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT; MEDIATION; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; CONFLICT RESOLUTION