MEDIATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF SETTLING FAMILY DISPUTES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The article examines the specific goals and objectives of family mediation, the characte-ristics of the status and work of the mediator and the characteristics of the procedure of recon-ciliation of the parties to the family legal conflicts, touches on the problems of legislation and practice of mediation in the consideration of family legal conflicts. The article substantiates the need to distinguish mediation in disputes arising from family legal relations as a separate type of conflict resolution procedures with the participation of a mediator. Modern formation and development of civil society in conditions of democracy reveals more and more interest of participants of legal relations in independent settlement of disputable situations. With the adoption of Federal Law No. 193-FZ of 27.07.2010 "On alternative dis-pute resolution procedure with the participation of a mediator (mediation procedure)" media-tion is increasingly being used as one of the most efficient non-jurisdictional means of dispute resolution. The article substantiates the need to distinguish mediation in disputes arising from family legal relations as a separate type of conflict resolution procedure with the participation of a mediator. The methodology of the study is based on the formal-legal method, which is used in the study of the legal institution of mediation. In addition, as part of the study of the fre-quency and nature of the use of mediation procedures for the resolution of disputes referred to the court, the statistical method was used. The paper examines the legislation on mediation of the Russian Federation, identifies some problems of law enforcement, and proposes possible ways to solve them. The article proposes to eliminate legislative contradictions regarding the possibility of recourse to court with an agreement on mediation, to indicate in the Federal Law "On Mediation" the existence of a mediation agreement is not a condition but a basis for mediation, as well as to legislate the possibility of mediation by telecommunication.