Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 154.023 - Mediation(a) Mediation is a forum in which an impartial person, the mediator, facilitates communication between parties to promote reconciliation, settlement, or understanding among them.(b) A mediator may not impose his own judgment on the issues for that of the parties.(c) Mediation includes victim-offender mediation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice described in Article 56A.602, Code of Criminal Procedure.Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 154.023
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. TBD,Sec. 2.03, eff. 1/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1034, Sec. 12, eff. 9/1/2001.Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1121, Sec. 1, eff. 6/20/1987.