Good Afternoon, If anyone has a court-sponsored mediation program for general division common pleas cases, can you please let me know some of the basic details such as whether you contract with mediators or have a court employee as a mediator, what cost you charge to participants, etc. Any information you can share would be great! Also, for court ordered intervention in lieu of conviction assessments, are your courts paying for these assessments to be done even for those who have privately retained counsel? We currently have defendants who have private counsel pay for their own assessments, but it appears we may be in the minority on this. If so, are your local mental health boards assisting with the cost of these assessments? If you are aware of anything requiring the court and not the individual to pay, please let me know. Thank you in advance for your insights Have a good weekend! Kristin [cid:image002.jpg@01D4E62D.EA4A1F30] Kristin A. Schultz Court Administrator, General Division Delaware County Common Pleas Court 117 North Union Street, Level 500 Delaware, OH 43015 Direct: (740) 833-2554 kschultz@co.delaware.oh.us<mailto:kschultz@co.delaware.oh.us> DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail, together with any attachments or files transmitted with it, may contain confidential information belonging to the sender, or constitute non-public information that is not subject to disclosure under O.R.C. Section 149.43, Ohio's Public Records Act. Additionally, if the sender is an employee of the Delaware County, Ohio Prosecuting Attorney's Office, this e-mail, together with any attachments or files transmitted with it, may contain information that is protected by the attorney-client privilege or other applicable privileges. The information in this e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose, copy, distribute, or re-distribute this e-mail or take any action in reliance on the contents of the information contained in this e-mail. Nothing contained in this disclaimer notice by itself exempts, nor should it be interpreted to by itself exempt, this e-mail from disclosure as a public record upon the proper submission of a request for public records pursuant to O.R.C. Section 149.43, Ohio's Public Records Act.