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The Department of Social Welfare is promoting the creation and implementation in the municipality of Municipal Family Mediation Service to expedite the resolution of conflicts, given the existing court congestion, among other issues may be addressed.
Through the proposal submitted by the full council in April also urge the Central Government (Ministries of Justice and Social Policy) and Regional (Department of Social Policy, Women and Immigration) to give the Town Council of Totana of funds economic resources to develop this service.
Family mediation, as reported by the mayor, is a voluntary process which seeks judicial settlement of conflicts arising within it, in which one or more qualified professional, impartial and without capacity to make decisions for the parties attending members of a family in conflict with the purpose of enabling the process of dialogue and the joint pursuit of the agreement.
In addition, mediation attempts to show a path toward solving family problems, especially in cases where there are children, whose interests must always prevail, and is a way to expand the system of social relations, the culture of compromise and dialogue , ethical conduct, as it is an exercise of respect, empathy and trust.
Therefore, family mediation has been implemented in many countries and in our country are 11 autonomous communities who have their own legislation at family mediation and its implementation and effectiveness is more than demonstrated.
At the state level, pending the drafting a Law on Mediation, there is currently a draft bill, which is part of the Plan for Modernization of Justice 2009-2010, which the prosecution seeks to limit unnecessary conflicts that may resolved by other means, and ultimately working to download the courts.
In the Region of Murcia this legislation is under development and is seen as indispensable to the growing social demand for family mediation and alternative dispute resolution in the judiciary in family matters.
In this sense mediation professionals from all disciplines: law, psychology, social work, social education with training in mediation, met and worked to draft that has already been presented to our legislature, Regional Assembly their study, debate and approval.
Therefore, the mayor noted that locally, the creation of a family mediation service is essential in a municipality as Totana who is head of the judicial district, especially at a key moment in which they are major reforms, such as devolution in justice to our region scheduled for July 2010, the implementation of the new Judicial Office and approval of a law, that in accordance with European Directive 2008/52/EC, will implement the mediation mandatory for civil and commercial matters.
With the creation of this service is to enable citizens to access Totana defendant and necessary service by accelerating the resolution of their disputes, given the existing court congestion, which would place them in a position of equality with other administrators who have the same for his residence in the capital and enable the development of actions and programs to promote family life and promoting coordination of activities with family meeting points, one service that no matter our town location.
In addition, he argued Carrión, all would put the city in a privileged position facing the imminent social and legislative reality both regional and national level.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana
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