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I.R.E. 507. Conduct of Mediations.
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Idaho Rules of Evidence Rule 507. Conduct of Mediations.
(a) 'Mediation' means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute.
(b) 'Mediation communication' means a statement, whether oral or in a record or verbal or nonverbal, that occurs during a mediation or is made for purposes of considering, conducting, participating in, initiating, continuing, or reconvening a mediation or retaining a mediator.
(c) 'Mediator' means an individual who conducts a mediation.
(d) 'Nonparty participant' means a person, other than a party or mediator, that participates in a mediation.
(e) 'Mediation party' means a person that participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.
(f) 'Person' means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(g) 'Proceeding' means any proceeding referenced in Idaho Rule of Evidence 101(c).
(h) 'Record' means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(i) 'Sign' means:
(1) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a record; or
(2) to attach or logically associate an electronic symbol, sound, or process to or with a record with the present intent to authenticate a record; or
(3) to assent on a record with the present intent to authenticate a record.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c), this Rule applies to a mediation in which:
(b) The Rule does not apply to a mediation:
(2) relating to a dispute that is pending under or is part of the processes established by a collective bargaining agreement, except that the Rule applies to a mediation arising out of a dispute that has been filed with an administrative agency or court;
(c) If the parties agree in advance in a signed record, or a record of proceeding reflects agreement by the parties, that all or part of a mediation is not privileged, the privileges under subparts 3 through 5 do not apply to the mediation or part agreed upon. However, subparts 3 through 5 apply to a mediation communication made by a person that has not received actual notice of the agreement before the communication is made.
(3) Privilege against disclosure; admissibility; discovery.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subpart 5, a mediation communication is privileged as provided in subsection (b) and is not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in a proceeding unless waived or precluded as provided by subpart 4.
(4) Waiver and preclusion of privilege.
(a) A privilege under subpart 3 may be waived in a record or orally during a proceeding if it is expressly waived by all parties to the mediation and:
(b) A person that discloses or makes a representation about a mediation communication which prejudices another person in a proceeding is precluded from asserting a privilege under subpart 3, but only to the extent necessary for the person prejudiced to respond to the representation or disclosure.
(c) A person that intentionally uses a mediation to plan, attempt to commit or commit a crime, or to conceal an ongoing crime or ongoing criminal activity is precluded from asserting a privilege under subpart 3.
(5) Exceptions to privilege.
(a) There is no privilege under subpart 3 for a mediation communication that is:
(2) available to the public under the Idaho Open Records Act or made during a session of a mediation which is open, or is required by law to be open, to the public;
(7) sought or offered to prove or disprove abuse, neglect, abandonment, or exploitation in a proceeding in which a child or adult protective services agency is a party, unless the public agency participates in the mediation.
(b) There is no privilege under subpart 3 if a court, administrative agency, or arbitrator finds, after a hearing in camera, that the party seeking discovery or the proponent of the evidence has shown that the evidence is not otherwise available, that there is a need for the evidence that substantially outweighs the interest in protecting confidentiality, and that the mediation communication is sought or offered in:
(2) except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a proceeding to prove a claim to rescind or reform or a defense to avoid liability on a contract arising out of the mediation. This exception to privilege does not apply to any statement made in the course of a criminal mediation under Rule 18.1 of the Idaho Rules of Criminal Procedure or Rule 12.1 of the Idaho Juvenile Rules.
(6) Application to existing agreements or referrals.
(a) The privileges created in this rule apply to communication made in the course of a mediation pursuant to a referral or an agreement to mediate made on or after the effective date of this Rule.
(b) On or after one year following the effective date, the privileges created in this rule apply to any mediation regardless of when the referral or agreement to mediate was made.
Adopted June 26, 1991, effective September 1, 1991; amended June 12, 1996, effective July 1, 1996) Rescinded and NEW RULE 507 ADOPTED January 3, 2008, effective July 1, 2008; amended April 27, 2012, effective July 1, 2012).
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