Or. Uni. Trial. Ct. R. 12.020

As amended through June 11, 2024

Rule 12.020 - DEFINITIONS

As used in UTCR chapter 12:

(1) "Approved Mediator" means a mediator who a circuit court or judicial district of this state officially recognizes and shows by appropriate official documentation as being approved within that court or judicial district as a general civil mediator, domestic relations custody and parenting mediator, or domestic relations financial mediator for purposes of the one or more mediation programs operated under the auspices of that court or judicial district that is subject to UTCR 12.010.

(2) "Basic Mediation Curriculum" means the curriculum set out in UTCR 12.100.

(3) "Continuing Education Requirements" means the requirements set out in UTCR 12.140.

(4) "Court-System Training" means a curriculum or combination of courses set out in UTCR 12.130.

(5) "Determining Authority" means an entity that acts under UTCR 12.030 concerning qualification to be an approved mediator.

(6) "Domestic Relations Custody and Parenting Mediation Curriculum" means the curriculum set out in UTCR 12.110.

(7) "Domestic Relations Custody and Parenting Mediation Supervisor" means a person who is qualified at the level described in UTCR 12.070.

(8) "Domestic Relations Custody and Parenting Mediator" means a mediator for domestic relations, custody, parenting time, or parenting plan matters in circuit court under ORS 107.755 who meets qualifications under UTCR 12.070.

(9) "Domestic Relations Financial Mediation Supervisor" means a person who is qualified at the level described in UTCR 12.080.

(10) "Domestic Relations Financial Mediation Training" means a curriculum or combination of courses set out in UTCR 12.120.

(11) "Domestic Relations Financial Mediator" means a mediator for domestic relations financial matters in circuit court under ORS 107.755 who meets qualifications under UTCR 12.080.

(12) "General Civil Mediator" means a mediator for civil matters in circuit court under ORS 36.185 to 36.210, including small claims and forcible entry and detainer cases, who meets qualifications under UTCR 12.060.

(13) "General Civil Mediation Supervisor" means a person who is qualified at the level described in UTCR 12.060.

(14) "Independent Qualification Review" means the process described in UTCR 12.090.

(15) "Mediation" is defined at ORS 36.110.

Or. Uni. Trial. Ct. R. 12.020

Adopted June 10, 2022, effective 8/1/2022.