Colorado Divorce Law, Colorado Divorce Information & Colorado Mediation News 76

We currently host articles on Colorado divorce law and related topics. Additionally, consider recent posts in our topical Colorado divorce law blog.

Evolution Of Our Divorce Mediation Process

Finally, consider our article regarding changes at our office in 2006 (the substitution of old-style flip-charts with mediators’ client-side large LCD displays).

Colorado Divorce Law Updates

Visit us again for new articles as the divorce laws of Colorado and federal and Colorado tax laws change.

Colorado Professional Mediators – Colorado Council Of Mediators Announces New Name

first posted on: 5/15/2004

The Colorado Council of Mediators has adopted a new name for those mediators meeting its Recommended Guidelines for Mediator Education and Training.

Effective June 2004, the Colorado mediators’ organization changed the name of guidelines-qualified members from Guidelines Member to Professional Mediator, CCMO or Professional Mediator, Colorado Council of Mediators.

CCMO’s governing Board made the change to clarify that Colorado alternative dispute professionals undergoing the requisite training and practicum have a professional — as opposed to merely casual — commitment to mediation as a profession.

Colorado CCMO Guidelines-Qualified And Professional Mediators

Colorado law does not provide for formal certification of mediation practitioners. The Colorado Council of Mediators (CCMO) and the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association developed the Recommended Guidelines for Mediator Education and Training, “to assist consumers, attorneys, judges, and other professionals in selecting” Colorado mediators.

CCMO’s Guidelines (and thus, the new Colorado “Professional Mediator” status) require:

• A specified course of mediation training and education
• A tenure of experience including oversight by an experienced mentor
• Subscription to a recognized code of mediation ethics (see our articles on confidentiality in Colorado divorce mediation, Colorado mediators’ ethics codes and Colorado mediation model standards)
• Active participation in continuing education in mediation process and in substantive areas of practice

CCMO has independently reviewed our mediators’ qualifications in this regard, and determined that they meet all these standards of excellence for Colorado mediators‘ training, education and experience. Both Larry and Chris have thus been recognized by CCMO as Professional Mediators.

Also, see our other feature articles, where we discuss in detail other Colorado legal, procedural (including divorce law and family mediation) or parenting topics. Presently, we look in depth at:

• Colorado Custody and Visitation Relocation Law
• Legal Separation, Dissolution of Marriage & Divorce in Colorado
• Confidentiality of Mediation in Colorado
• Choosing A Divorce Mediator
• Divorce in Denver Magazine articles

An additional highly recommended resource for Colorado divorce law information is Colorado Springs, Colorado, family lawyer Carl Graham’s Colorado Divorce and Family Law Guide.