All Communications During Mediation are Confidential!
I understand this is a trying time for you. I take great pride in providing world class service. The mediation process is a confidential process. Unless instructed by the retaining party to share information with the opposing party, or required by law, everything discussed is confidential.
Florida Statute 44.405 states, "All mediation communications shall be confidential. A mediation participant shall not disclose a mediation communication to a person other than another mediation participant or a participant's counsel. A mediation party has the privilege to refuse to testify and to prevent others from testifying in a subsequent proceeding regarding mediation communications."
The mediator may take notes during the mediation. Those notes are destroyed after each mediation, if an agreement is reached or not. Participants are not permitted to take their notes outside the mediation room or place or receive calls from cell phones. Only the person(s) authorized to make decisions to resolve the problem can attend the mediation process unless all parties agree to having non-participants present.