{"id":429,"date":"2022-01-24T23:31:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T23:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/?page_id=429"},"modified":"2025-10-21T19:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:33:24","slug":"small-claims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/small-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"429\" class=\"elementor elementor-429\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-403a075 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"403a075\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2339a96\" data-id=\"2339a96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5da72a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5da72a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contra Costa County Superior Court <BR>\nSmall Claims Mediation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0510215 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0510215\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e45bec4\" data-id=\"e45bec4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-795d7ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"795d7ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Mediation on the Day of Trial<\/h4><p>The Congress of Neutrals provides\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/mediation-and-new-direct-service-programs\/\">mediation<\/a> services in small claims cases throughout Contra Costa County. Participation in these mediations, which are held on the day of trial in three of the local branch courts (Richmond, Pittsburg and Martinez), is free of charge, voluntary and confidential. An\u00a0Agreement to Mediate\u00a0must be reviewed and signed by all persons present during the settlement meeting.<\/p><p>If the mediation is successful:<\/p><ul><li>A written\u00a0Mediated Settlement Agreement\u00a0is prepared, reviewed and signed, and copies are given to each disputant.<\/li><li>There is usually no need to go back into the courtroom if a settlement is reached.<\/li><\/ul><p>For information on how to become a volunteer mediator through our Mediation Mentoring Program (MMP),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/mediation-mentoring-program\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contra Costa County Superior Court Small Claims Mediation Mediation on  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-429","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PdExWU-6V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1284,"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/429\/revisions\/1284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}