767.405 Family court services.
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767.405 Family court services.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“Mediation” means a cooperative process involving the parties and a mediator, the purpose of which is to help the parties, by applying communication and dispute resolution skills, define and resolve their own disagreements, with the best interest of the child as the paramount consideration.
(b)“Mediator” means a person with special skills and training in dispute resolution.
(1m)Director.
(a)Except as provided in par.
(b)and subject to approval by the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, the circuit judge or judges in each county shall designate a person meeting the qualifications under sub.
(4)as the director of family court services in that county.
(b)If 2 or more contiguous counties enter into a cooperative agreement under sub.
(b), the circuit judges for the counties involved shall, subject to approval by the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, designate a person meeting the qualifications under sub.
(4)as the director of family court services for those counties.
(c)A county or counties may designate the supervisor of the office of family court commissioner as the director under par.
(a)or
(b).