N.H. Admin. Code § Fam 303.07

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Fam 303.07 - Internship Requirements

(a) To be eligible for certification as a family mediator, an applicant shall have completed an internship performed after the completion of the mediation training required by Fam 303.03 within the 3 years preceding the date of application.

(b) Internship requirements shall be:

(1) Those set forth in (c) and (d) below for applicants not qualifying under Fam 303.08 as family law practitioners or mental health practitioners; and

(2) Those set forth in (e) below for applicants qualifying under Fam 303.08 as family law practitioners or mental health practitioners.

(c) Internship for applicants not qualifying as family law practitioners or mental health practitioners shall consist of the following activities:

(1) Co-mediation and case supervision:

a. Together with a certified family mediator who qualifies as an internship supervisor or with a mediator approved by the Association for Conflict Resolution or a CRO as an advanced practitioner or advanced educator member; and

b. For the time periods specified in (d) below;

(2) The intern's drafting of at least 4 mediated agreements, written by the intern, for cases co-mediated as specified by (1) above which:

a. Are written in paragraph format and are not the form documents available from the judicial branch;

b. Cover the topics required by the courts to be addressed in temporary, permanent, and modification agreements; and

c. Include, for a case co-mediated during the 24-month period prior to the intern's submission of the application for certification, at least 2 parenting plan and at least 2 final decrees of divorce, legal separation, or civil union dissolution covering financial issues; and

(3) The intern's demonstration of successful domestic violence screening.

(d) Internship for applicants not qualifying as family law practitioners or mental health practitioners shall be at least 20 hours in duration, provided that:

(1) The applicant completes at least 16 hours of co-mediation sessions involving at least 4 different family mediation cases, including one case requiring both a parenting plan and a final decree covering financial issues; and

(2) The applicant completes a total of at least 4 hours, with at least one hour per mediated case of case supervision, including review of mediated agreements written by the intern.

(e) Internship for applicants qualifying as family law practitioners or mental health practitioners shall consist of the following activities:

(1) Co-mediation and case supervision:

a. Together with a certified family mediator who qualifies as an internship supervisor or with a mediator approved by the Association for Conflict Resolution as an advanced practitioner or advanced educator member; and

b. For a period of at least 10 hours, including at least 8 hours of co-mediation and at least 2 hours of case supervision; and

(2) The intern's drafting of at least 2 mediated agreements for cases co-mediated as specified by (1) above which:

a. Are written in paragraph format and are not the form documents available from the judicial branch;

b. Cover the topics required by the courts to be addressed in temporary, permanent, and modification agreements; and

c. Include, for a case co-mediated during the 12-month period prior to the intern's submission of the application for certification, both a parenting plan and a final decree covering financial issues.

(f) The time spent by an intern in drafting mediated agreements shall not be included in the calculation of hours required to be spent in co-mediation and case supervision.

(g) After an intern completes co-mediation of a case, the intern shall complete an "Intern's Case Summary Form" issued by the board by providing the following information on the form, redacting personally identifying information about the parties as necessary:

(1) The intern's legal name;

(2) A number or letter assigned by the intern to the case summarized on the form;

(3) The month and year in which the mediation session was held;

(4) The number of years the parties had been married, if applicable;

(5) The ages of the children of the parties, if any;

(6) The issues in the case;

(7) The mediation format used;

(8) The techniques used to screen for domestic violence;

(9) The name(s) of the internship supervisor and co-mediator, if any; and

(10) A written synopsis of the case, in 50 words or fewer.

N.H. Admin. Code § Fam 303.07

#7917, eff 7-11-03; ss by #8719, eff 11-1-06; ss by #8930, eff 7-4-07; ss by #9674, eff 4-2-10 (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Fam 300)

Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 41, Filed October 11, 2018, Proposed by #12634, Effective 10/2/2018, Expires 10/2/2028.