{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-154.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 154.023","heading":"MEDIATION.","body":"(a) Mediation is a forum in which an impartial person, the mediator, facilitates communication between parties to promote reconciliation, settlement, or understanding among them.\n(b) A mediator may not impose his own judgment on the issues for that of the parties.\n(c) Mediation includes victim-offender mediation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice described in Article 56A.602, Code of Criminal Procedure.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1121, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1987. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1034, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2021.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION","CHAPTER 154. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES","SUBCHAPTER B. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.154.htm#154.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"e2898921f907602484f4954272caa4e3d6bc6bb873ac3189c67f3bb5cd26e95b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-154.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-154.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}