The Social Welfare Department will promote the creation and implementation in the municipality of Municipal Family Mediation Service to expedite the resolution of conflicts, given the existing court congestion, among other issues may be addressed.
Through this initiative, approved by Parliament, urged the central government (Ministries of Justice and Social Policy) and Regional (Department of Social Policy, Women and Immigration) to give the Town Council of Totana economic funds needed to develop this service.
Family mediation, as reported by the mayor of Social Welfare, Juan Carrion, is a voluntary process which seeks judicial settlement of conflicts arising within it, in which one or more qualified professional, impartial and without capacity make decisions for the parties attend a family members in conflict with the purpose of enabling the process of dialogue and the joint pursuit of the agreement.
In addition, mediation attempts to show a path toward solving family problems, especially in cases where there are children, whose interests must always prevail, and is a way to expand the system of social relations, the culture of compromise and dialogue , ethical conduct, as it is an exercise of respect, empathy and trust.
Therefore, family mediation has been implemented in many countries and in our country are 11 autonomous communities who have their own legislation at family mediation and its implementation and effectiveness is more than demonstrated.
At the state level, pending the drafting a Law on Mediation, there is currently a draft bill, which is part of the Plan for Modernization of Justice 2009-2010, which the prosecution seeks to limit unnecessary conflicts that may resolved by other means, and ultimately working to download the courts.
With the creation of this service is to enable citizens to access Totana defendant and necessary service by accelerating the resolution of their disputes, given the existing court congestion, which would place them in a position of equality with other administrators who have the same for his residence in the capital and enable the development of actions and programs to promote family life and promoting coordination of activities with family meeting points, one service that no matter our town location.
In addition, he argued Carrión, all would put the city in a privileged position facing the imminent social and legislative reality both regional and national level.
