§ 25-2936.Prohibited mediator reports.

Section 25-2936 keeps the person deciding a case from learning what the mediator thinks about it. A mediator may not make a report, assessment, evaluation, recommendation, finding, or other communication about a mediation to a court, administrative agency, or other authority that might rule on the underlying dispute. That bar reaches beyond formal written reports; it covers any communication carrying the mediator’s take on the mediation’s merits or the parties’ conduct.

Three narrow categories of disclosure remain open. A mediator may say whether the mediation occurred or has ended, whether the parties reached a settlement, and who attended, which lets a court manage its docket without learning anything about the substance of what was discussed. A mediator may also disclose a communication that section 25-2935 already strips of privilege, and may disclose a mediation communication showing abuse, neglect, abandonment, or exploitation of an individual to the public agency responsible for protecting people against that kind of mistreatment.

The section backs its own rule with an enforcement mechanism: a communication a mediator makes in violation of the reporting ban cannot be considered by the court, agency, or arbitrator deciding the case. A decision-maker who receives a prohibited report cannot rely on it, whatever it says.