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The Legislative Committee of the WSBA ADR Section

Members: 19
Latest Activity: Apr 25

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This is the place for members interested in legislative matters affecting ADR in Washington. The Legislative Committee is tasked with monitoring legislation that may be of interest to our members and making recommendations to the Executive Committee.

Any ADR Section member can join this LegCom group page on the website. You might find yourself becoming active in the LegCom itself! So join the group and stay in touch.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ACTION ITEMS

SUPRREME COURT PROPOSES COLLABORATIVE LAW RULES

On April 5, 2013 the Washington Supreme Court entered an Order on the adoption of Collaborative Law Rules. A copy of the order is here: Aoril 5 2013 Order on adoption of Collaborative Law Rules

Comments on the proposed Rules may be made to the Court within 60 days of the publication of the proposed Rules.

It might be noted that the Rules adopted by the Washington Supreme Court were recommended by the WSBA Rules Committee as recommended by the ADR Section of the WSBA and the ADR Section's Legislative Committee.

Meeting Aril 25, 2013, Twilight of 2013 Legislative Session and Look Forward to 2014..

The next meeting of the legislative committee will be on April 25, 2013 - at the offices of Seattle Law and Mediation, 1215 4th Ave, Suite 940, Seattle at 12:00 Noon.

Legislative Committee Agenda:

End of 2013 Session Summary – Look forward to 2014 Session

Session Summary

UCLA – expected pass, UCLR proposed by WA Supreme Court with comments pending.

UAA amendment re: application of limitations – expected pass

HB 1353 Early mandated parenting mediation amendment to Family Mediation 26.09.015 – failed to pass House Judiciary Committee

Look Forward to 2014

UCLA – possible amendment to conform to rules??

UAA Review and the UN Internat’l Commercial Arbitration Model Act – sub-committee report

UMA/FFA – incorporation of UMA and use of ADR sponsored research study Harmonizing Washington’s Foreclosure Fairness Act with Core Mediation Principals

Early Mandatory parenting mediation – study of early mediation/parenting mediation protocols through UW Law School, development of education/discussion programs and events/CLE. Revisit HB 1353.

Family Law Mediations - 26.09.15 Amendment to amend re: mediator assessment of needs of children/ reveiew of section.

Additional research studies: Gonzaga University Law School, child inclusive mediation, mediator standards and licensing.

International Child Custody Mediation – report on ABA Internat’l Section protocols/report.

Other:

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Discussion Forum

Meeting Aril 25, 2013, Twilight of 2013 Legislative Session and Look Forward to 2014. 1 Reply

The next meeting of the legislative committee will be on April 25, 2013 - at the offices of Seattle Law and Mediation, 1215 4th Ave, Suite 940, Seattle at 12:00 Noon.Legislative Committee Agenda:End of 2013 Session Summary – Look forward to 2014…Continue

Started by Paul W. McVicker. Last reply by Jeff Bean Apr 25.

Action Item - Recommendations for adoption by Excutive Committee 1 Reply

The Legislative Committee at its meeting on Abe Lincoln’s birthday (Feb 12), recommended the that the ADR Section by its Executive Committee adopt the following resolutions. Please suggest any corrections or necessary changes to reflect the…Continue

Started by Paul W. McVicker. Last reply by Jeff Bean Feb 12.

Next meeting of Committee Feb 12, 2013

The Legislative Committee will meet on Feb 12, 2013 at 12:00 noon at 1215 4th Ave, Suite 940, Seattle, WA. In addition to celebrating Abe Lincoln's birthday, the meeting will take up recent legislation proposed in the current session. Details are…Continue

Started by Paul W. McVicker Jan 30.

Communication from Representative Goodman re HB 1065

Communication from Representative Goodman re HB…Continue

Started by Paul W. McVicker Jan 24.

Legislation ALERT HB 1353

The following was introduced in the state legislature today:HB 1353 – Concerning mediation in family law cases involving childrenPlease review and make…Continue

Tags: law, family, mediation, Early

Started by Paul W. McVicker Jan 24.

More Immediate Action Alert - Part II Arbitration matter

Following input and discussion with several committee members and others, I have come up with the following response to Representative Goodman's inquiry on our opinion relative to the 1065. Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond and…Continue

Started by Paul W. McVicker Jan 23.

Immediate Action Alert - Arbitration matter

Representative Roger Goodman has asked us to comment and give an opinion on changing his proposed amendment to the UAA by adding the underlined words so that it would read as follows:(3) A claim sought to be arbitrated is subject to the same…Continue

Tags: of, repose, statutes, limitations, legislation

Started by Paul W. McVicker Jan 22.

Update - Legislative action.

Thanks to those who responded to my message yesterday about HB 1068 regarding limitations in Arbitration and HB 1116 on Collaborative Law. There is consensus that we recommend support of both bills. If anyone has a contrary position, I would like…Continue

Tags: legislation, Arbitration, UCLA.

Started by Paul W. McVicker Jan 18.

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Comment by Jeff Bean on February 12, 2013 at 12:06pm: I'm on the conference call - are we still meeting?

Comment by Paul W. McVicker on December 14, 2012 at 4:57am: The Legislative Committee will meet on Wednesday December 19th at 1215 4th Ave, Suite 940, Seattle, at 5:00p.m. Participation may also be by telephone: Dial 1-866-577-9294 PARTICIPANT – Pass Code 5016527

The Agenda follows:

- UCLR -- Status of UCLR/A work group. Status on legislation/rules.

- FFA Mediation - How do we best use the recently completed work-study project on the UMA application to the FFA.

- Work -study project 2013 – Status on early mediation in family law cases with children. Identifying other studies

- Early ADR -- status reports

- Qualification of mediators -- Status of ABA Section on International Law Family Law Committee standards for the qualifications of mediators

- RCW 26.09.015- Mediation Proceedings status and discussion.

- Model Arbitration Act

- Apology Legislation related to air

- Other Business

Comment by Jeff Bean on June 11, 2012 at 3:12pm: Budget thought: I'd like to see us fund a scholarship/fellowship for 2013 with the thought this would reinstitute the program we had before and be an on-going project. Unlike this year, with advance planning it could be more merit-based and include all three law schools. Could be a great way to engage with them. Unlike the previous program we stopped, this time I'd like to see it each year focus on providing an academic research product on a subject that advances our mission. We could set the topic or use the applicants' ideas as criteria. (This program doesn't necessarily need to be a LegComm-thing at all, but since we did it in 2012, we can be the ones to suggest it for 2013.)

Comment by Jeff Bean on May 3, 2012 at 3:27pm: BOG March Minutes finally posted. Include discussion of UCLA/R.

Comment by Jeff Bean on March 20, 2012 at 11:48am

FYI, ExecComm approved a motion for a scholarship this summer to provide legal research project regarding the intersection of the UMA and foreclosure mediation programs. Paul's tied-up in trial, so I'll start the two things that need to happen:

get authorization from WSBA Dep Dir for Finance for spending from fund balance, and how to make payments to the scholar;
contacting Alan Kirtley, which the motion explicitly said we should seek to coordinate with.

I'll keep all apprised here, and if anyone else wants to be in on those discussions, let me know and I'll copy you in. (Paul, you'll be copied-in, of course!)

Comment by Jeff Bean on March 6, 2012 at 5:26pm: Rep. Orwall just informs that the FFA amendments, amended onto HB 2614, just passed the house.

Comment by Jeff Bean on March 6, 2012 at 10:10am: Kathryn's update:

Finally, some good news…in the great tradition of The Princess Bride, the FFA was only mostly dead after the coup on the Senate floor this past Friday…and Rep. Orwall and others have moved mountains and they figured out a way to resuscitate the FFA.

Last night, the FFA (HB 2421) wasamended onto HB 2614, an act relating to residual debts following short sales of owner-occupied residential property secured by deeds of trust. The title of the bill has also been amended and will now be: An act relating to assisting homeowners in crisis by providing alternatives, remedies, and assistance. (Note: Changing the title of a House bill is very difficult to do, so they must have full agreement in the House on this maneuver.)

The bill was voted off the Senate floor 47-1. We’re not quite done -- it now goes back to the House for final passage…

I've added a link to the new bill above.

Comment by Courtney Kaylor on March 4, 2012 at 2:22pm: Disappointing!

Comment by Jeff Bean on March 3, 2012 at 11:52am: Kathryn advises that it appears both our bills - UCLA and FFA amendments - were part of the collateral damage to the parliamentary maneuver on the Senate floor last night. They and all other unpassed policy bills are now dead for the session. Unless there's some legislative defib equipment we don't know about, it looks like they're gone.

Comment by Jeff Bean on February 29, 2012 at 3:02pm: Kathyrn Leathers advises that the FFA technical fix bill is now on it's last leg of it's journey, on the Senate floor.

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