McLAUGHLIN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. AO18674.

140 Cal.App.3d 473 (1983)

189 Cal. Rptr. 479

THOMAS J. McLAUGHLIN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, Respondent; LINDA LEE McLAUGHLIN, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

March 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Arthur Brunwasser for Petitioner.

Douglas S. Paris for Real Party in Interest.

Schapiro & Thorn and Pamela E. Pierson as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

RATTIGAN, J.

Civil Code section 4607 requires prehearing mediation of child custody and visitation disputes in marital dissolution proceedings conducted pursuant to the Family Law Act. (Civ. Code, pt. 5, commencing with § 4000.) The statute also provides that, if the parties fail to agree in the mediation proceedings, the mediator "may, consistent with local court rules, render a recommendation to the court as to the...

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