Section 201.260  Duration of Mediation

Unless otherwise agreed to by all of the mediation participants, the mediation process shall be completed no later than 45 days after the Chief Clerk's receipt of a joint request for mediation.  In no event shall the mediation process be extended beyond the statutory deadline of an underlying pending docket, unless the statute permits a waiver of the deadline and all of the mediation participants and any non-mediating parties waive the deadline.