Opinion
June 21, 2005.
This 21st day of June, 2005, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Court of Chancery Rule 174 is amended, effective July 1, 2005, as follows:
Section titled "Designated Mediator's Compensation" under subparagraph (c)(2) of Rule 174 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following language:
If the mediator appointed is the Chancellor, one of the Vice Chancellors or the Master, the mediator shall not be compensated. Instead, a mediator's fee of $2500 in total, checks payable to the Court of Chancery, shall be assessed against the parties as court costs, to be placed in a separate account maintained by the Court of Chancery, which shall be used from time to time in the discretion of the Court for mediation training and/or refunds or any other purposes as designated by the Chancellor. The mediator's fee of $2500 may be waived or modified in the discretion of the presiding Chancellor, Vice Chancellor or Master.