Debora A Faulkner Probate Judge of Greenville County

Debora A. Faulkner, Probate Judge of Greenville County

Participation n 35 out of 46 counties enrolled in the program n 14 counties reported data n 21 counties have no reports n n Unclear whether they conducted a mediation and mediation is not yet concluded, whethere were indeed no mediations or whether the forms were not submitted Total cases reported - 80

County Number of cases Greenville 51 Orangeburg 6 Charleston 4 Richland 4 Cherokee 2 Dorchester 2 Horry 2 Pickens 2 Spartanburg 2 Abbeville 1 Beaufort 1 Colleton 1 Jasper 1 Lexington 1

The Data n Weighted responses have been taken from the Court Report and Evaluation form n n Responses from participants were so small as to be statistically insignificant Responses are weighted as follows (rounded to nearest 1/10, 000) n Strongly agree: 1 n Strongly disagree: 5

The Overall Data n Results Process was helpful n Efficient use of Court time n Cost n Outcome n 2. 7250 2. 8500 2. 8750 2. 7825

Individual County Data n Greenville Process was helpful 2. 7255 Efficient use of Court time 2. 9020 (equal) (lower) Cost 2. 8431 Outcome 2. 8040 (higher) (lower)

Individual County Data n Orangeburg Process was helpful 3. 0 (lower) Efficient use of Court time 3. 0 (lower) Cost 3. 0 (lower) Outcome 3. 0 (lower)

Individual County Data n Charleston Process was helpful 3. 0 (lower) Efficient use of Court time 3. 0 (lower) Cost 3. 0 (lower) Outcome 3. 0 (lower)

Individual County Data n Richland Process was helpful 2. 5 (higher) Efficient use of Court time 2. 5 (higher) Cost 3. 0 (lower) Outcome 3. 0 (lower)

Individual County Data n n n Abbeville Colleton Jasper Process was helpful 3. 0 (lower) Efficient use of Court time 3. 0 (lower) Cost 3. 0 (lower) Outcome 3. 0 (lower)

Resolutions n 24 were fully resolved n 6 were partially resolved n 8 were not resolved n 37. 5% resolved partially or in full; 10% not resolved

Conclusions n n Statistically, may not have an adequate sampling Recorded entries may not reflect actual sentiment n n Lots of straight 3’s (dead center) Data is court sourced rather than participant sourced

Conclusions n Nothing in the data is worse than a 3 n n Mediation is receiving no worse than a median reception Mediation should be a permanent tool in the Probate Court toolbox n n Data does not contain anything overtly negative To the contrary, sentiment average of all 4 questions is between 2. 7 and 2. 9