This section of the code encourages juvenile courts to develop dependency mediation programs. In those courts where such programs have been implemented, the code allows cases to be referred to mediation on the order of the court or at the request of a party in the case.
California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 350: Dependent Children - Hearings
Legislative Counsel of California. Jan. 1, 1970https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=350.