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Small Claims & Landlord Tenant Mediation

​Mediation is a voluntary process wherein an impartial third person assists parties to discuss their perspectives of a dispute. The mediator does not give legal advice or make a decision for the parties.  Instead, the parties are responsible for the decision and the mediator's role is to help the parties identify their concerns and to formulate a resolution which is mutually satisfactory.

​Mediation significantly reduces judicial case loads. Parties report high satisfaction and statistics show that parties are much more likely to perform terms of a mediated agreement than terms of a court judgment.

​There is no educational prerequisite to becoming a mediator nor is there any preference for occupational background.  In order to qualify as a mediator there is an intensive 32 hour course in mediation skills, and an additional 8 hours of court-system training, completion of which qualifies the mediator for small claims and landlord-tenant cases.  In addition, all of the mediators will have served an apprenticeship, observing mediations and conducting supervised mediations.  Training is provided at no cost to volunteers, in exchange for a commitment to mediate two cases per month for one year.

​Mediators are volunteers.  To be a mediator, one needs to have good communication and language skills, an ability to remain impartial, and commitment to a collaborative approach for resolving conflict.  Volunteer mediators have found their work to be very gratifying; and they also have found their new skills to apply beneficially in their personal and professional lives.

​If you are filing a small claims or landlord tenant case, you must serve the respondent with the following ORS 36.185 Notice along with your claim or complaint.

 

Location of Mediation: 129 SW E Street, Suite 101, Madras, Oregon 97741

Mediation programs: 

               Small claims: 

                              Cost to parties:    FREE

                              The court will refer the parties to mediation.

               Landlord tenant: 

                              Cost to parties:    FREE

                              The court will refer the parties to mediation.


Link to mediator information:

Oregon Judicial Department : Small Claims & Landlord Tenant Mediation : Programs & Services : State of Oregon

https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/jefferson/programs-services/Pages/mediation.aspx

 

Link to statewide mediation forms:

Oregon Judicial Department : Mediation : Forms Center : State of Oregon

https://www.courts.oregon.gov/forms/Pages/mediation.aspx

 

Mediation program contact:

               Name:  Brad Mondoy

               E-mail/phone: Brad.P.Mondoy@ojd.state.or.us/ 541-475-3317