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O.C.G.A. § 15-11-24

Termination of mediation

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Taylor ex rel. Walker v. Ledbetter (1987)

Most recently applied in Kathy Jo Taylor, a Minor, by and Through David S. Walker, Jr., Attorney at Law as Guardian Ad Litem v. James G. Ledbetter, ph.d. (June 1987)

— Code 1981, § 15-11-24, enacted by Ga

(a) Any party in a mediation may withdraw from or terminate further participation in mediation at any time.

(b) A mediator shall terminate mediation when:

(1) The mediator concludes that the participants are unable or unwilling to participate meaningfully in the process;

(2) The mediator concludes that a party lacks the capacity to perceive and assert his or her own interests to the degree that a fair agreement cannot be reached;

(3) The mediator concludes that an agreement is unlikely; or

(4) The mediator concludes that a party is a danger to himself or herself or others.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.