{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-672","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-672","heading":"Scope. Exclusions.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section and section 52-681, sections 52-670 to 52-685, inclusive, apply to a mediation in which:\n(1) The mediation parties are required to mediate by statute or court or administrative agency rule or referred to mediation by a court, administrative agency or arbitrator;\n(2) The mediation parties and the mediator agree to mediate in a record that demonstrates an expectation that mediation communications will be privileged against disclosure; or\n(3) The mediation parties use as a mediator an individual who holds himself or herself out as a mediator or the mediation is provided by a person that holds itself out as providing mediation.\n(b) Sections 52-670 to 52-685, inclusive, do not apply to a mediation:\n(1) Relating to the establishment, negotiation, administration or termination of a collective bargaining relationship;\n(2) Relating to a dispute that is pending under or is part of the processes established by a collective bargaining agreement, except that sections 52-670 to 52-685, inclusive, apply to a mediation arising out of a dispute that has been filed with an administrative agency or a court;\n(3) Conducted by a judge of the Superior Court or by any Judicial Branch employee who performs mediations in the course of such employee's employment;\n(4) Arising from a proceeding governed by chapter 48, 68, 113 or 166;\n(5) Commenced prior to October 1, 2025, which is subject to the provisions of section 52-235d;\n(6) Commenced prior to October 1, 2025, which is administered under the auspices of section 46b-53a; or\n(7) Conducted under the auspices of:\n(A) A primary or secondary school if all the parties are students; or\n(B) A correctional institution for youths if all the parties are residents of the institution.\n(c) If the parties agree in advance in a signed record, or a record of proceeding reflects agreement by the parties, that all or part of a mediation is not privileged, the privileges under sections 52-673 to 52-675, inclusive, do not apply to the mediation or part agreed upon, except that sections 52-673 to 52-675, inclusive, apply to a mediation communication made by a person that has not received actual notice of the agreement before the communication is made.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 932. CONNECTICUT UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_932.htm#sec_52-672","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:28Z","sha256":"e0dadf2c81e7fa3d4847f561794edf16c29a7fe19ff3c05bbdfa2a4e78de3a75","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-671","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-673"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}