In addition, every divorcing couple with children will have to attend an educational program about what children's needed are, Weber said. The course will include information about mediation. That system started last Oct. 1. It has a similar system for training mediators, but they also must show that they can write a memorandum of understanding, the document that states the couple's agreement, Devine said. Wiesman opposes making mediation mandatory.
Mediation is, in effect, the voluntary sharing of information in an effort to resolve a matter.
If you make it mandatory, it's not a voluntary process.