Statistics Norway

Family counselling service

14   Mediations. Figures for 2003 and 20041
  2004 2003
  The whole country 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 The whole country 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
Mediations by family counselling office                                                                                
Total number of mediation applications 8 785  512 1 320 1 293  340  359  417  393  256  161  278  677  677  208  384  362  236  433  314  165 8 212  486 1 101 1 323  312  317  405  363  208  182  234  690  616  184  378  401  201  386  290  135
Mediation applications according to Marriage Act 5 471  286  883  838  234  256  268  244  151  106  195  439  359  139  225  188  147  246  179 88 5 248  309  735  873  214  215  276  215  132  123  182  441  334  128  232  220  113  232  194 80
Mediation applications according to Children Act 3 314  226  437  455  106  103  149  149  105 55 83  238  318 69  159  174 89  187  135 77 2 964  177  366  450 98  102  129  148 76 59 52  249  282 56  146  181 88  154 96 55
Mediations with certificate 8 277  484 1 234 1 197  330  336  398  374  241  153  262  657  618  202  355  339  228  415  300  154 7 699  450 1 036 1 200  302  298  391  345  200  175  224  653  550  180  356  368  195  373  280  123
Mediations with certificate, according to Marriage Act 5 316  279  852  807  228  245  261  240  146  104  186  432  352  135  221  184  145  241  173 85 5 071  300  715  819  209  210  267  212  129  123  178  426  317  125  225  213  112  229  188 74
Mediations with certificate, according to Children Act 2 961  205  382  390  102 91  137  134 95 49 76  225  266 67  134  155 83  174  127 69 2 628  150  321  381 93 88  124  133 71 52 46  227  233 55  131  155 83  144 92 49
Mediations without certificate  508 28 86 96 10 23 19 19 15 8 16 20 59 6 29 23 8 18 14 11  513 36 65  123 10 19 14 18 8 7 10 37 66 4 22 33 6 13 10 12
Mediations without certificate, according to Marriage Act  155 7 31 31 6 11 7 4 5 2 9 7 7 4 4 4 2 5 6 3  177 9 20 54 5 5 9 3 3 0 4 15 17 3 7 7 1 3 6 6
Mediation application without certificate, according to Children Act  353 21 55 65 4 12 12 15 10 6 7 13 52 2 25 19 6 13 8 8  336 27 45 69 5 14 5 15 5 7 6 22 49 1 15 26 5 10 4 6
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Marriage Act 3 047  200  364  361  138  127  135  159 86 52  114  252  251 83  142  144  102  160  138 39 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 2 sessions, according to Marriage Act 1 109 40  196  190 62 54 73 43 30 35 41  110 46 27 34 25 14 41 25 23 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 3 sessions, according to Marriage Act  792 30  182  180 15 36 39 27 19 10 21 58 45 15 28 10 18 30 13 16 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 4 sessions, according to Marriage Act  376 9  110 76 13 28 14 11 10 7 10 12 10 10 17 5 11 10 6 7 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Children Act  732 25  173  170 9 12 6 29 14 3 18 32 96 14 20 29 12 32 21 17 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 2 session, according to Children Act  519 21 54 65 14 18 16 30 15 12 22 39 47 18 21 27 12 41 33 14 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 3 session, according to Children Act 1 142  111 94 92 55 41 76 52 41 26 23  113 80 30 47 71 38 74 58 20 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 4 session, according to Children Act  568 48 61 63 24 20 39 23 26 8 13 41 43 5 46 28 16 27 19 18 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
First meeting less than 1 week after mediation application  688 44 79 84 19 37 25 32 14 7 49 35 43 22 50 27 19 60 27 15  647 26 62  111 11 46 33 37 8 10 47 30 30 8 49 19 10 51 39 20
First meeting 1-2 weeks after mediation application 1 995  106  173  388 87  134 95 74 67 31 92  105 79 49  114 56 47  135  130 33 1 849 79  147  407 74  111  107 68 58 48 75  119 68 34 84 50 24  128  139 29
First meeting 2 -3 weeks after mediation application 3 022  173  500  454  140  134  198  137  106 38 95  284  128 75 97  101 93  122  103 44 2 720  173  356  444  129  104  163  112 97 66 65  260  150 83  100  167 53 90 61 47
More than 3 weeks from mediation application to first meeting 3 093  189  568  367 94 54 99  147 69 85 42  253  427 56  123  178 77  116 76 73 2 996  208  536  361 98 56  102  146 45 58 47  281  368 59  145  165  114  117 51 39
Mediation certificate issued less than 2 weeks after mediation application 1 439 88  133  205 60 70 46 71 43 34 85 68 69 42  109 46 37  123 94 16 1 367 54  115  214 39 67 66 63 36 39 91 95 62 27 83 42 14  132  105 23
Mediation certificate issued 2-4 weeks after mediation application 2 753  152  396  411  114  109  140  127 70 46 91  278  144 67  116  100 95  146  103 48 2 472  147  295  367  106 91  134  108 80 77 69  209  148 82  114  141 59  103 94 48
Mediation certificate issued 4-6 weeks after mediation application 1 729 89  271  256 65 70 74 83 58 35 42  129  163 52 64 77 44 76 49 32 1 609  119  240  231 62 69 78 68 32 38 32  166  122 33 72 77 53 59 43 15
More than 6 weeks from mediation application to issue of mediation certificate 2 373  155  434  325 91 87  138 93 71 38 44  182  242 41 66  116 52 70 70 58 2 251  130  386  388 95 71  113  106 52 21 32  183  218 38 87  108 69 79 38 37
Circumstances in the family counselling office reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 1 621  113  398  139 33 16 34 89 27 76 11 97  273 8 50  131 21 42 30 33 1 674  134  403  124 57 7 52 83 14 58 23 98  250 7 97 85 75 73 19 15
Circumstances with client reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 1 299 67  162  183 45 35 56 49 35 6 28  149  136 48 69 43 52 67 37 32 1 322 74  133  237 41 49 50 63 31 0 24  183  118 52 48 80 39 44 32 24
External conditions reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit  170 9 8 45 16 3 9 9 3 3 3 7 18 0 4 4 4 7 10 8 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediations retuned to the family counselling office from the court system 6 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
                                                                                 
Mediations by external counselling                                                                                
Total number of mediation applications 5 193  378  452  196  103  153  404  377  345  155  258  527  595 2  231  417  156  231  107  106 5 448  363  608  146  140  140  371  388  361  127  301  529  744 3  248  320  162  272  130 95
Mediation applications according to Marriage Act 3 265  244  335  142 60  110  252  267  227 95  157  357  315 1  152  216 82  119 71 63 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation applications according to Children Act 1 928  134  117 54 43 43  152  110  118 60  101  170  280 1 79  201 74  112 36 43 1 856  120  144 48 33 47  131 85  135 32  123  177  308 1 90  133 65  106 41 37
Mediations with certificate by external counselling 4 712  352  416  174 95  141  365  346  291  149  250  497  514 2  211  357  149  208  102 93 4 860  336  533  112  135  128  330  364  276  117  279  481  652 3  231  279  149  248  122 85
Mediations with certificate, according to Marriage Act 3 125  234  311  131 57  109  235  257  222 94  155  348  295 1  146  202 82  116 70 60 3 398  230  417 83  104 89  216  292  215 91  171  339  411 2  157  180 94  166 85 56
Mediations with certificate, according to Children Act 1 587  118  105 43 38 32  130 89 69 55 95  149  219 1 65  155 67 92 32 33 1 462  106  116 29 31 39  114 72 61 26  108  142  241 1 74 99 55 82 37 29
Mediations without certificate by external counselling  481 26 36 22 8 12 39 31 54 6 8 30 81 0 20 60 7 23 5 13  588 27 75 34 5 12 41 24 85 10 22 48 92 0 17 41 13 24 8 10
Mediations without certificate, according to Marriage Act  140 10 24 11 3 1 17 10 5 1 2 9 20 0 6 14   3 1 3  194 13 47 15 3 4 24 11 11 4 7 13 25 0 1 7 3 0 4 2
Mediation application without certificate, according to Children Act  341 16 12 11 5 11 22 21 49 5 6 21 61 0 14 46 7 20 4 10  394 14 28 19 2 8 17 13 74 6 15 35 67 0 16 34 10 24 4 8
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Marriage Act 1 230  112  113 32 33 25 91  159 63 35 39  124  159 0 56 28 45 45 41 30 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 2 sessions, according to Marriage Act  963 71 66 27 11 38 72 60 99 32 59  116 86 0 44 85 24 36 17 20 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 3 sessions, according to Marriage Act  550 24 72 39 7 33 46 25 44 22 32 76 29 0 30 27 9 19 8 8 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 4 sessions, according to Marriage Act  385 27 60 33 6 13 26 13 19 5 25 32 21 1 16 62 4 16 4 2 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Children Act  250 7 64 8 2 1 10 16 4 8 4 33 39 0 14 10 8 9 4 9 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 2 session, according to Children Act  315 4 20 4 9 1 24 22 16 11 21 25 59 0 8 43 19 14 5 10 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 3 session, according to Children Act  561 48 17 9 24 9 62 36 28 27 35 58 79 0 25 31 20 33 12 8 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediation certificate given after 4 session, according to Children Act  454 59 4 22 3 21 34 15 14 9 35 33 42 1 18 71 20 36 11 6 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
First meeting less than 1 week after mediation application 1 852  180  181 66 16 57  201  141  148 85 79  166  115 1  124 91 52 83 47 19 2 005  184  205 65 48 56  173  174  181 72 84  177  127 1  106 91 58  117 42 44
First meeting 1-2 weeks after mediation application 2 044  161  199 70 58 66  162  119  141 58  140  221  187 0 77  147 53 86 35 64 2 092  132  243 48 48 53  151  132  128 50  130  186  295 2 98  146 53  103 57 37
First meeting 2 -3 weeks after mediation application  801 31 52 46 12 25 35 76 46 7 34 97  131 1 15  101 29 36 17 10  970 65  121 24 34 23 44 53 35 4 70  113  219 0 28 50 29 31 19 8
More than 3 weeks from mediation application to first meeting  499 6 20 14 17 5 6 41 13 5 5 43  162 0 15 78 22 26 8 13  411 12 39 9 10 8 3 29 17 1 17 53  103 0 16 33 22 21 12 6
Mediation certificate issued less than 2 weeks after mediation application 2 220  213  242 88 34 61  180  211  161 90 96  222  125 0  129  126 59 95 56 32 2 338  191  230 64 61 60  175  205  169 70  114  211  204 1  121  119 71  163 72 37
Mediation certificate issued 2-4 weeks after mediation application 1 453 75 92 60 31 48  150 84 96 48  129  154  160 1 41  110 40 81 22 31 1 568 75  189 33 43 40  128  105 74 39  117  162  250 2 64 80 49 61 25 32
Mediation certificate issued 4-6 weeks after mediation application  580 35 42 19 18 18 28 28 28 8 20 68  106 1 24 57 13 28 16 23  590 32 75 14 20 16 20 34 23 7 40 54  126 0 26 41 16 20 15 11
More than 6 weeks from mediation application to issue of mediation certificate  467 29 40 7 12 14 7 23 14 3 5 53  123 0 17 64 37 4 8 7  364 38 39 1 11 12 7 20 10 1 8 54 72 0 20 39 13 4 10 5
Circumstances with client reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit  218 4 5 4 8 2 1 14 6 2 0 21 95 0 4 28 7 9 1 7  164 3 21 3 2 1 .. 10 5 0 .. 22 65 0 4 16 5 5 0 2
Circumstances with client reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit  206 1 8 10 9 1 2 22 6 3 4 22 40 0 10 36 13 10 5 4  257 9 18 6 8 7 3 19 12 1 17 31 38 0 12 27 17 16 12 4
External conditions reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 75 1 7 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 27 0 1 14 2 7 3 2 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mediations retuned to external counselling from the court system 2 0 0 0 0 0 0   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1  County administrator has the responsibility for reporting the mediations data. Its based on aggregated data from all family counselling offices and external counselling.

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