{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-20","heading":"Referral for mediation.","body":"(a) At any time during a proceeding under this chapter, the court may refer a case to mediation.\n(b) When referring a case to mediation, the court shall take into consideration the guidelines from the Georgia Commission of Dispute Resolution for mediating cases involving domestic violence or family violence.\n(c) A referral order shall recite that while the parties shall attend a scheduled mediation session and shall attempt to mediate in good faith, such parties shall not be required to reach an agreement.\n(d) Victims in a delinquency case referred to mediation may attend and participate in such mediation, but shall not be required to do so as a condition of such case being heard by the juvenile court.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"bb8dc6a90c3f0d032474a13be1b657d12631da734b7b891da26be012e9d07c40","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-19","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}