Alternative Dispute Resolution Certification And Selection Form
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PR-E-LP-002
PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY (Name, Address, Telephone
COURT USE ONLY
Number, and State Bar membership number):
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ATTORNEY FOR (Name):
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
Case number:
ESTATE OF (Name):
IN RE(Matter):
Decedent
Conservatee
Minor
Date:
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Time:
CERTIFICATION AND SELECTION FORM
Dept:
NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS
All parties must complete, file and serve this form.
Formal litigation of contested matters in the Probate Court is expensive and time consuming.
The overall results achieved by litigation are often unsatisfactory, and family and/or personal
relationships can be permanently damaged. There are alternatives to formal court litigation which are
less expensive, less time consuming, and more beneficial to the parties. It is therefore the policy and
goal of this court to encourage the parties in all contested probate matters to explore and pursue
private dispute resolution alternatives at the earliest possible date.
Although most (90-98%) cases do settle, many settlements come only after considerable time,
money, and resources have been expended and many personal attacks have been made. Such
expenditures and personal attacks, as well as the adversarial nature of litigation, can be a hindrance or
preclusion to settlement. The Probate Court of the Sacramento County Superior Court encourages the
use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as early as possible after the parties become aware that a
matter is contested.
Most ADR processes are voluntary and are paid for by the parties themselves, or from the funds
in dispute, if any, as the parties may agree, but ADR has proven in many cases to be faster, cheaper,
more effective and less damaging to personal relationships than traditional litigation.
ADVANTAGES OF ADR:
The filing of a petition or objection in the Probate Court which results in a contested matter may
be just the beginning of the costs that you will incur during the course of your matter. You may
significantly reduce these costs by either resolving the matter before expensive discovery and trial
proceedings are commenced or by narrowing the scope of your discovery by identifying disputed and
undisputed factual and legal issues.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CERTIFICATION AND SELECTION FORM
PR-E-LP-002
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