(a) Upon issuing a referral to mediation the court may stay the proceeding.(b) Mediation shall occur as soon as practicable and be scheduled within 30 days of the order referring the matter to mediation unless the time frame is extended by the court.(c) The court may extend the timeline for scheduling a mediation for an additional 30 days.Added by 2013 Ga. Laws 127,§ 1-1, eff. 1/1/2014.
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