New Jersey Courts Endorse Mediation

The New Jersey court system believes so strongly in mediation that it requires attorneys to talk to their divorce clients about the availability of mediation and to give them literature about the process. Out of concern that attorneys were not doing this, the New Jersey Court Rules were recently amended so that divorce clients now have to sign a certification stating that their attorneys told them about mediation and gave them literature about the process. The certification has to be attached to the Complaint and Answer for Divorce.