Statistics Norway

Family counselling service

14 Mediations. Figures for 20061
  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 Romsa Finnmark Finnmárku
Mediations by family counselling offices                                        
Total number of mediation applications 8 486  528 1 097 1 197  378  356  409  289  240  176  293  653  735  182  377  474  233  350  318  201
Mediation applications according to Marriage Act 4 830  314  667  764  225  212  245  146  121  100  194  395  375  110  187  212  119  186  158  100
Mediation applications according to Children Act 3 656  214  430  433  153  144  164  143  119 76 99  258  360 72  190  262  114  164  160  101
Mediations with certificate 7 901  503 1 022 1 091  352  330  379  280  220  175  277  610  685  177  351  420  221  328  301  179
Mediations with certificate, according to Marriage Act 4 680  309  646  723  219  202  239  145  116  100  187  383  364  109  181  204  119  184  157 93
Mediations with certificate, according to Children Act 3 221  194  376  368  133  128  140  135  104 75 90  227  321 68  170  216  102  144  144 86
Mediations without certificate  585 25 75  106 26 26 30 9 20 1 16 43 50 5 26 54 12 22 17 22
Mediations without certificate, according to Marriage Act  150 5 21 41 6 10 6 1 5 0 7 12 11 1 6 8 0 2 1 7
Mediation application without certificate, according to Children Act  435 20 54 65 20 16 24 8 15 1 9 31 39 4 20 46 12 20 16 15
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Marriage Act 2 865  222  361  427  143  108  112  101 78 54  106  206  259 73  101  145 90  125  106 48
Mediation certificate given after 2 sessions, according to Marriage Act  977 47  170  168 43 43 56 23 12 33 45 87 52 16 41 27 11 46 29 28
Mediation certificate given after 3 sessions, according to Marriage Act  596 31 91 88 27 31 50 17 17 6 29 62 40 16 24 22 9 9 15 12
Mediation certificate given after 4 sessions, according to Marriage Act  242 9 24 40 6 20 21 4 9 7 7 28 13 4 15 10 9 4 7 5
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Children Act  514 32 39 77 10 15 11 33 11 9 13 36 75 12 23 27 13 24 25 29
Mediation certificate given after 2 sessions, according to Children Act  687 39 69 81 17 25 22 29 23 14 17 29 85 12 36 45 14 54 44 32
Mediation certificate given after 3 sessions, according to Children Act 1 327 86  145  138 56 60 55 45 39 36 52  131  110 34 64  102 41 58 58 17
Mediation certificate given after 4 sessions, according to Children Act  693 37  123 72 50 28 52 28 31 16 8 31 51 10 47 42 34 8 17 8
First meeting less than 1 week after mediation application  586 43 93 47 10 29 22 18 22 24 33 28 28 11 53 15 24 30 33 23
First meeting 1-2 weeks after mediation application 1 770  136  217  251 83  134 89 44 52 30 89 84 77 47 68 63 48  108  103 47
First meeting 2 -3 weeks after mediation application 2 756  190  330  498  155  127  163  105 84 45 97  244  145 79 65  143 70 93 71 52
More than 3 weeks from mediation application to first meeting 3 374  159  457  401  130 66  135  122 82 77 74  297  485 45  191  253 91  119  111 79
Mediation certificate issued less than 2 weeks after mediation application 1 219  114  164  138 45 76 58 32 33 40 56 58 47 31 74 36 44 95 49 29
Mediation certificate issued 2-4 weeks after mediation application 2 444  162  292  354  124 92  105 92 65 62  103  196  207 76 64  115 72  104  101 58
Mediation certificate issued 4-6 weeks after mediation application 1 648 96  213  236 71 61 65 66 42 34 44  151  152 31 69 84 37 67 80 49
More than 6 weeks from mediation application to issue of mediation certificate 2 590  131  353  363  112  101  151 90 80 39 74  205  279 39  144  185 68 62 71 43
Circumstances in the family counselling office reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 1 735 88  247  134 50 22 66 83 32 66 15  131  313 3  117  201 27 60 61 19
Circumstances with client reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 1 432 64  189  218 64 43 51 34 46 11 49  157  158 40 73 44 59 56 46 30
External conditions reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit  207 7 21 49 16 1 18 5 4 0 10 9 14 2 1 8 5 3 4 30
Mediations returned to the family counselling offices from the court system 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
                                         
Mediations by external counselling                                        
Total number of mediation applications 4 830  294  509  213  113  127  397  362  267  123  248  503  558 2  252  254  123  323  112 50
Mediation applications according to Marriage Act 2 878  170  367  124 75 68  239  229  156 69  141  304  300 2  155  148 65  177 64 25
Mediation applications according to Children Act 1 952  124  142 89 38 59  158  133  111 54  107  199  258 0 97  106 58  146 48 25
Mediations with certificate by external counselling 4 418  280  451  197  104  119  368  332  228  115  243  464  493 2  230  231  110  308  101 42
Mediations with certificate, according to Marriage Act 2 755  167  337  119 71 65  227  220  148 67  140  296  283 2  150  144 65  172 59 23
Mediations with certificate, according to Children Act 1 663  113  114 78 33 54  141  112 80 48  103  168  210 0 80 87 45  136 42 19
Mediations without certificate by external counselling  412 14 58 16 9 8 29 30 39 8 5 39 65 0 22 23 13 15 11 8
Mediations without certificate, according to Marriage Act  123 3 30 5 4 3 12 9 8 2 1 8 17 0 5 4 0 5 5 2
Mediation application without certificate, according to Children Act  289 11 28 11 5 5 17 21 31 6 4 31 48 0 17 19 13 10 6 6
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Marriage Act 1 230 99  166 39 46 13 68  126 40 34 36  152  170 0 58 18 39 81 34 11
Mediation certificate given after 2 sessions, according to Marriage Act  822 32 72 27 14 30 97 55 54 16 53 92 65 2 53 71 12 56 14 7
Mediation certificate given after 3 sessions, according to Marriage Act  394 19 47 32 8 15 35 18 32 13 20 30 28 0 29 21 12 28 5 2
Mediation certificate given after 4 sessions, according to Marriage Act  309 17 52 21 3 7 27 21 22 4 31 22 20 0 10 34 2 7 6 3
Mediation certificate given after 1 session, according to Children Act  202 20 6 14 2 2 15 12 8 10 2 18 41 0 5 6 11 16 9 5
Mediation certificate given after 2 sessions, according to Children Act  282 15 18 6 5 10 25 24 11 12 14 21 42 0 13 18 13 23 10 2
Mediation certificate given after 3 sessions, according to Children Act  629 33 44 23 19 19 62 51 37 14 25 91 75 0 38 15 9 53 12 9
Mediation certificate given after 4 sessions, according to Children Act  550 45 46 35 7 23 39 25 24 12 62 38 52 0 24 48 12 44 11 3
First meeting less than 1 week after mediation application 1 766  129  186 26 40 54  183  159  124 60  101  183  130 1  110 75 48  100 49 8
First meeting 1-2 weeks after mediation application 1 918  114  217 79 59 55  171  120  102 52  116  207  175 0 99  119 47  118 34 34
First meeting 2 -3 weeks after mediation application  762 39 85 77 7 11 36 59 27 8 28 71  153 0 23 24 17 74 21 2
More than 3 weeks from mediation application to first meeting  384 12 21 31 7 7 7 24 14 3 3 42  100 1 20 36 11 31 8 6
Mediation certificate issued less than 2 weeks after mediation application 2 003  148  202 34 56 69  192  178  116 69  113  189  134 1  131  121 53  131 51 15
Mediation certificate issued 2-4 weeks after mediation application 1 377 51  134 81 34 31  120 85 72 33 96  138  167 0 70 61 35  115 33 21
Mediation certificate issued 4-6 weeks after mediation application  568 48 72 47 6 8 44 33 19 10 25 85 82 0 6 26 10 37 8 2
More than 6 weeks from mediation application to issue of mediation certificate  470 33 43 35 8 11 12 36 21 3 9 52  110 1 23 23 12 25 9 4
Circumstances with the external counselling reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit  107 2 4 5 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 8 46 0 8 13 1 4 0 1
Circumstances with client reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit  219 8 10 19 6 4 3 15 10 2 3 29 44 0 10 11 9 24 8 4
External conditions reason for failure to meet the 3-week limit 58 2 7 7 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 5 10 1 2 12 1 3 0 1
Mediations returned to external counselling from the court system 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 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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