Rule 68 - Dissolution of Marriage
Rule 68.14 - Responsibility for Providing Family Court Information
1. Information regarding this Court's mediation and education programs as set forth in Circuit Court Rules 68.12 and 68.13 shall be provided to the parties as follows:
a. A notice summarizing the requirements of Rules 68.12 and 68.13 shall be attached by the Court Administrator's Office to each summons issued in a dissolution, post-dissolution, or other proceeding in which custody or visitation is an issue, for service on the responding party.
b. The Court Administrator's Office shall provide a copy of such notice summarizing the requirements of Rules 68.12 and 68.13 to each person filing a dissolution, post-dissolution, or other proceeding in which custody or visitation is an issue, pro se.
c. An attorney representing a party who files the initiating pleading in a dissolution, post-dissolution, or other proceeding in which custody or visitation is an issue shall provide such notice summarizing the requirements of Rules 68.12 and 68.13 to his or her client, prior to the filing of the initial pleading.
d. In such actions in which service of process is waived or accepted by an attorney on behalf of a party, the attorney for the party shall provide such notice summarizing the requirements of Rules 68.12 and 68.13 to his or her client, no later than the date on which the responsive pleading is due.
Adopted 9/16/94
Effective 10/3/94