Alternate Estate Dispute Resolution In Current COVID-19 times

The potential advantages of various forms of alternate dispute resolution that exist instead of going to court have been stated many times. In the current state of emergency, with courts operating on a very limited basis, there is even more impetus to resolve disputes outside of the courts, or at least to resolve preliminary matters so that major matters can get into the court system faster once they are fully operational again.

Contested estate litigation matters are effectively shut down during this emergency period and will be greatly slowed once the courts are opened again due to backlogs.  Family law cases have relied for years on a process referred to as Mediation/Arbitration or "MedArb" but the process has not been used in estate matters, often because estate disputes involve multiple parties and may involve minor children or future generations.