Rule 1.8 8. Recordkeeping

When a court sends a case to non-binding alternative dispute resolution (like mediation), the court clerk has to keep track of it properly. The clerk notes that the case was sent to ADR and records what happens afterward. All of this gets written down in the Chronological Case Summary, using the same case number the case started with.

Any papers or documents related to the ADR process also go into that same original case file. This means everything stays organized under one case number, so there is no confusion about where to find records related to the case or the ADR process.

Courts also have to keep track of how many cases get resolved through ADR. They report this information in a Quarterly Case Status Report. This helps track how well ADR is working across the court system.