Statistics Norway

National child welfare and family counselling

5   Mediations. Preliminary figures for 20051
  Østfold Akershus Oslo Hedmark Oppland Buskerud Vestfold Telemark Aust-Agder Vest-Agder Rogaland Hordaland Sogn og Fjordane Møre og Romsdal Sør-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag Nordland Troms Finnmark Finnmárku Total
Mediations by family counselling office                                        
Total number of mediation applications  412 1 145    1 182  375  347  412 98  237  172  271  666  744  188  372  452  229  418  305  167   8 192
Mediation applications according to Marriage Act  228  697  764  223  217  244 53  147  106  173  424  399  123  201  201  128  220  176 98 4 822
Mediation applications according to Children Act  184  448  418  152  130  168 45 90 66 98  242  345 65  171  251  101  198  129 69 3 370
Mediations with certificate  385 1 080 1 090  357  322  392 91  223  163  264  626  688  183  353  403  220  395  289  149 7 673
Mediations with certificate, according to Marriage Act  219  670  725  219  211  237 52  145  105  170  407  393  120  194  196  126  218  173 94 4 674
Mediations with certificate, according to Children Act  166  410  365  138  111  155 39 78 58 94  219  295 63  159  207 94  177  116 55 2 999
Mediations without certificate 27 65 92 18 25 20 7 14 9 7 40 56 5 19 49 9 23 16 18  519
Mediations without certificate, according to Marriage Act 9 27 39 4 6 7 1 2 1 3 17 6 3 7 5 2 2 3 4  148
Mediation application without certificate, according to Children Act 18 38 53 14 19 13 6 12 8 4 23 50 2 12 44 7 21 13 14  371
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Marriage Act  129  406  388  147  107 97 33 95 55  105  228  256 74  109  149 91  158  127 48 2 802
Mediation certificate given after 2 sessions, according to Marriage Act 48  119  152 41 47 77 7 21 31 30  104 63 24 47 25 21 38 21 27  943
Mediation certificate given after 3 sessions, according to Marriage Act 28  105  104 22 39 37 7 20 14 24 60 53 14 17 8 9 16 17 14  608
Mediation certificate given after 4 sessions, according to Marriage Act 14 40 81 9 18 26 5 9 5 11 15 21 8 21 14 5 6 8 5  321
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Children Act 19 40 72 16 11 16 4 5 4 11 27 56 12 15 32 14 37 21 11  423
Mediation certificate given after 2 session, according to Children Act 22 51 66 14 17 14 8 16 14 19 42 68 11 33 51 21 54 34 17  572
Mediation certificate given after 3 session, according to Children Act 82  204  131 80 61 75 18 30 20 50  116  114 29 63 72 37 67 35 16 1 300
Mediation certificate given after 4 session, according to Children Act 43  115 96 28 22 50 9 27 20 14 34 57 11 48 52 22 19 26 11  704
First meeting less than 1 week after mediation application 28 73 47 21 36 26 8 14 4 44 24 42 19 65 26 8 46 24 12  567
First meeting 1-2 weeks after mediation application 94  174  283 66  111 88 9 51 28 68 80 85 36 72 92 31  130  105 35 1 638
First meeting 2 -3 weeks after mediation application  140  414  447  143  112  152 21 91 45 86  283  152 85 87  131 89  129 88 48 2 743
More than 3 weeks from mediation application to first meeting  150  484  405  145 88  146 60 81 95 73  279  465 48  148  203  101  112 88 72 3 243
Mediation certificate issued less than 2 weeks after mediation application 62  119  146 48 61 39 8 38 23 67 48 76 26 85 58 21  120 80 19 1 144
Mediation certificate issued 2-4 weeks after mediation application  114  333  308  127 97  128 23 70 52 94  232  167 83 93  128 89  126 88 57 2 409
Mediation certificate issued 4-6 weeks after mediation application 81  232  257 61 78 82 21 39 47 38  162  144 36 58 79 49 62 68 27 1 621
More than 6 weeks from mediation application to issue of mediation certificate  128  396  379  121 86  143 39 76 41 65  184  301 38  117  138 61 87 53 46 2 499
Circumstances in the family counselling office reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 85  266  155 72 30 66 50 24 78 25  103  298 5 97  171 42 51 46 29 1 693
Circumstances with client reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 57  191  207 61 53 68 10 46 16 40  166  120 36 46 31 51 50 39 32 1 320
External conditions reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 8 27 43 12 5 12 0 3 1 8 10 47 7 5 1 8 11 3 11  222
Mediations retuned to the family counselling office from the court system 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
                                         
Mediations by external counselling                                        
Total number of mediation applications  482  496  245 94  140  459  398  272  191  264  467  595 ..  280  355  159  293  114 71 5 375
Mediation applications according to Marriage Act  302  364  144 62 84  298  276  167  127  171  304  360 ..  176  194  100  161 67 40 3 397
Mediation applications according to Children Act  180  132  101 32 56  161  122  105 64 93  163  235 ..  104  161 59  132 47 31 1 978
Mediations with certificate by external counselling  461  457  223 90  136  431  358  222  179  251  420  535 ..  255  321  141  271  104 62 4 917
Mediations with certificate, according to Marriage Act  299  342  136 58 83  290  263  156  126  165  288  348 ..  169  183 95  157 65 35 3 258
Mediations with certificate, according to Children Act  162  115 87 32 53  141 95 66 53 86  132  187 .. 86  138 46  114 39 27 1 659
Mediations without certificate by external counselling 21 39 22 4 4 28 40 50 12 13 47 60 .. 25 34 18 22 10 9  458
Mediations without certificate, according to Marriage Act 3 22 8 4 1 8 13 11 1 6 16 12 .. 7 11 5 4 2 5  139
Mediation application without certificate, according to Children Act 18 17 14 0 3 20 27 39 11 7 31 48 .. 18 23 13 18 8 4  319
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Marriage Act  142  219 44 33 15 77  173 67 57 27  122  183 .. 61 39 45 77 33 23 1 437
Mediation certificate given after 2 sessions, according to Marriage Act 86 69 35 19 39  127 54 57 36 64 82  104 .. 57 92 36 48 19 5 1 029
Mediation certificate given after 3 sessions, according to Marriage Act 43 35 37 4 23 59 25 30 26 40 68 38 .. 39 18 8 19 11 4  527
Mediation certificate given after 4 sessions, according to Marriage Act 28 19 20 2 6 27 11 12 7 34 16 23 .. 12 34 6 13 2 3  275
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Children Act 14 5 9 6 2 14 7 4 12 10 19 36 .. 11 3 6 14 7 1  180
Mediation certificate given after 2 session, according to Children Act 15 13 8 8 6 25 29 6 16 17 33 41 .. 8 57 10 22 8 6  328
Mediation certificate given after 3 session, according to Children Act 60 56 23 12 20 64 41 19 21 27 48 60 .. 36 19 16 40 14 16  592
Mediation certificate given after 4 session, according to Children Act 73 41 47 6 25 38 18 13 4 32 32 50 .. 31 59 14 38 10 4  535
First meeting less than 1 week after mediation application  164  180 32 30 55  215  178  125 94  107  174  111 ..  123  102 77  102 63 22 1 954
First meeting 1-2 weeks after mediation application  213  203 85 40 43  199  120  126 87  117  165  210 .. 91  138 47  122 37 32 2 075
First meeting 2 -3 weeks after mediation application 84 70  102 17 29 38 63 30 7 35 91  146 .. 35 71 22 54 10 7  911
More than 3 weeks from mediation application to first meeting 21 43 26 7 13 7 37 7 3 5 37  128 .. 31 44 13 15 4 10  451
Mediation certificate issued less than 2 weeks after mediation application  209  226 55 41 61  234  206  133  109  127  188  164 ..  133  134 73  140 65 24 2 322
Mediation certificate issued 2-4 weeks after mediation application  139  141  111 30 40  160 90 66 55 97  144  151 .. 69  106 33 93 22 22 1 569
Mediation certificate issued 4-6 weeks after mediation application 69 58 31 13 14 26 25 23 12 20 52  109 .. 34 45 15 26 10 5  587
More than 6 weeks from mediation application to issue of mediation certificate 44 32 26 6 21 11 37 17 3 7 36  111 .. 19 36 20 12 7 11  456
Circumstances in the counselling office reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 7 19 0 3 4 2 18 1 0 1 7 75 .. 8 12 0 3 0 1  161
Circumstances with client reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 12 18 26 4 7 5 13 5 2 4 20 43 .. 22 26 13 10 3 6  239
External conditions reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 2 6 0 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 10 10 .. 1 6 0 2 1 3 51
Mediations retuned to external counselling from the court system 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
1  Figures for 2005 are preliminary. County administrator has the responsibility for reporting the mediations data. It is based on aggregated data from all family counselling offices and external counselling. For further information about the figures, please read About the statistics.

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