Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM)

A Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) is a meeting with an authorised family mediator that a person must normally attend before applying to the Family Court in England and Wales for most orders about children or finances following a relationship breakdown. The requirement is set by section 10 of the Children and Families Act 2014 and has applied since 22 April 2014.[1][2] At the meeting the mediator explains mediation and other ways of resolving disputes outside court, assesses whether they are suitable and safe in the particular case, and screens for domestic abuse and risk to children.[3]

A MIAM usually lasts about an hour and is attended by each person separately or together.[4] Guides published by the Family Mediation Council and GOV.UK put the usual private cost at around £120 per person, and the FMC’s 2025 sector survey reported around £150 as the most common fee.[4][5][6] Where either person qualifies for legal aid the Legal Aid Agency meets the cost of the meeting for both.[7] Attending a MIAM does not oblige anyone to mediate; mediation itself remains voluntary. A set of exemptions, including evidence of domestic abuse and urgency, removes the requirement in defined circumstances.[8]

Written by Jess Knauf, Director of Client Strategy at Mediate UK and Associate Member of Resolution. Reviewed by Chris Yaffes, FMC-accredited family mediator (FMCA) and child-inclusive mediator, practising since 2013. Last reviewed 5 September 2026; last updated 5 September 2026; next scheduled review April 2027.

Definition and purpose

The Family Procedure Rules define a MIAM simply as “a family mediation information and assessment meeting”, taking the fuller meaning from section 10(3) of the 2014 Act, and define the “MIAM requirement” as the requirement in section 10(1) for a person to attend a MIAM before making a relevant family application.[9] Practice Direction 3A describes it as “a short meeting that provides information about mediation and other methods of non-court dispute resolution, as options for resolving disputes”.[7]

The meeting has two purposes, both visible in its name. The information element requires the mediator to explain the principles, process and models of mediation and the other forms of non-court dispute resolution, a term the rules define to include mediation, arbitration, neutral evaluation such as a private financial dispute resolution appointment, and collaborative law.[10] The assessment element requires the mediator to assess whether there has been, or is a risk of, domestic abuse or harm to a child, and, since April 2024, to indicate which form of non-court dispute resolution would be most suitable and why.[3]

A MIAM is not itself mediation, and it is not a hearing. Nothing decided or said at it binds anyone. Its function in the court process is to ensure that a person has had the opportunity to consider alternatives before the court’s time is engaged, and to give the court information about whether that opportunity was taken.[11] It should be distinguished from family mediation proper, which follows a MIAM only if both people and the mediator agree it is suitable.

Section 10(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014 provides: “Before making a relevant family application, a person must attend a family mediation information and assessment meeting.”[1] The section leaves the detail to the Family Procedure Rules: which applications are covered, the exemptions, how a meeting is conducted, and what happens if a person does not comply.[1] Those rules are in Part 3 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010, which was substituted in its entirety on 22 April 2014 and substantially amended with effect from 29 April 2024, together with Practice Direction 3A.[12][13][7]

Part 3 also imposes a separate and continuing duty on the court. Rule 3.3(1) requires the court to “consider, at every stage in proceedings, whether non-court dispute resolution is appropriate”, and in doing so to take into account whether a MIAM took place, whether a valid exemption was claimed, and whether the parties attempted mediation or another process and with what outcome.[11] The court-side rules, including the power to adjourn for non-court dispute resolution and the 2024 costs consequences, are explained on Family Court Wiki’s page on non-court dispute resolution and FPR Part 3.

Who must attend a MIAM

The MIAM requirement applies to the person making an application to start proceedings of the kinds listed in Practice Direction 3A: most private law children applications under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 (for example for a child arrangements order), applications for parental responsibility, guardianship and special guardianship orders, and applications for a financial remedy on divorce or dissolution.[12][7] The application form must contain either a mediator’s confirmation that the applicant attended a MIAM or the applicant’s claim that an exemption applies.[14]

Children applications

Practice Direction 3A lists the private law children proceedings to which the requirement applies: orders under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 including child arrangements orders, prohibited steps orders and specific issue orders; parental responsibility orders; the appointment of a guardian; permission to change a child’s surname or to remove a child from the United Kingdom; special guardianship orders; and applications to vary or discharge any of these.[7] The application form for a section 8 order, Form C100, contains the MIAM sections within it, so a separate form is not usually needed.[15]

Applications for a consent order are outside the requirement, as are proceedings concerning a child who is the subject of emergency, care or supervision proceedings or of an emergency protection, care or supervision order.[7]

Financial remedy applications

The requirement also applies to applications for a financial remedy, including orders for maintenance pending suit, periodical payments, lump sums, property adjustment and pension orders under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and the Civil Partnership Act 2004, and to applications for financial provision for a child under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989.[7] The application is made on Form A, which likewise carries its own MIAM section. Applications for a consent order and enforcement applications are excluded.[7]

Respondents

The statutory duty falls on the applicant, but Practice Direction 3A states that prospective respondents “are expected to attend a MIAM, either with the prospective applicant or separately”.[7] The applicant should give the respondent’s contact details to the mediator, who will invite the respondent. If the mediator determines that the respondent is unwilling to attend, the applicant should still attend, and the mediator will record the respondent’s non-attendance on the form.[7] A respondent who has not attended cannot be compelled to do so before proceedings start, but the court may direct any party to attend a MIAM once proceedings are under way.[16][17]

What happens at a MIAM

Only an authorised family mediator may conduct a MIAM.[3] The mediator must: provide information about the principles, process and models of mediation and about other methods of non-court dispute resolution; consider and explain their potential benefits for the dispute; assess whether there has been, or is a risk of, domestic abuse; assess whether there has been, or is a risk of, harm to a child who would be the subject of the application; indicate which form of non-court dispute resolution may be most suitable and why; and explain how to proceed with it.[3]

An “authorised family mediator” is “a person identified by the Family Mediation Council as qualified to conduct a MIAM”.[9] In practice this means a mediator who holds Family Mediation Council accreditation (FMCA), including provisional accreditation; only such a mediator may conduct the meeting or sign the court form, a requirement the FMC has applied since 1 January 2016.[18][4] Mediators can be located through the FMC’s public register.[7]

Practice Direction 3A expects a MIAM to be held within 15 business days of contacting the mediator.[7] The meeting may be attended by the two people together or separately; separate meetings are common, and are standard where there are safety concerns.[7][5] Since the 2024 amendments the rules assume that a MIAM can take place online or by video link, and several practical exemptions are now available only to a person who “is not able to attend a MIAM online or by video-link”.[8] See online family mediation.

A MIAM typically covers: the person’s account of the dispute; an explanation of mediation, including its voluntary and confidential nature; the alternatives, such as collaborative law, arbitration or a solicitor-led negotiation; costs and funding, including legal aid and the voucher scheme; a screening conversation about abuse, coercion and safety; and, where mediation is suitable and both people are willing, arrangements for a first joint session.[4][3] Where the mediator considers mediation unsuitable, or one person declines it, the mediator records the outcome so that the applicant can proceed to court. The FMC reports that about 70 per cent of cases proceed to mediation where both people attend a MIAM.[6]

The mediator’s screening role is central. Where there are indications of domestic abuse, the mediator must consider whether any form of mediation could be conducted safely, for example by shuttle mediation in separate rooms, and where it could not, will say so. The interaction between abuse and mediation is covered on domestic abuse and mediation.

MIAM exemptions

Rule 3.8(1) of the Family Procedure Rules sets out the circumstances in which the MIAM requirement does not apply. The main groups are: evidence of domestic abuse of a kind listed in Practice Direction 3A; child protection involvement; urgency; a previous MIAM or non-court dispute resolution process within the last four months about the same dispute; an application made without notice; and defined practical barriers such as disability, imprisonment, or the absence of an available mediator, each of which now also requires that the person cannot attend online.[8] An exemption is claimed by ticking the relevant box on the application form, and the court may inquire into whether it was validly claimed.[7][16]

MIAM exemptions under rule 3.8(1) of the Family Procedure Rules 2010, as amended from 29 April 2024
Rule 3.8(1)ExemptionWhat is needed
(a)Evidence of domestic abuseOne of the forms of evidence listed at paragraph 20 of PD3A, which run from arrests, cautions, convictions and protective injunctions through letters from health professionals, MARAC members, domestic abuse advisers, refuges and local authorities, to evidence of economic abuse. The evidence is provided to the court but not served on the other party[7]
(b)Child protectionA child who would be the subject of the application, or another child living with them, is currently the subject of enquiries under section 47 of the Children Act 1989 or of a child protection plan[8]
(c)UrgencyRisk to life, liberty or physical safety; or delay would risk harm to a child, unlawful removal or retention of a child, a significant miscarriage of justice, significant financial hardship, or irretrievable problems including loss of significant evidence; or a significant risk of proceedings being started in another state in the meantime[8]
(d)Previous MIAM or NCDRIn the four months before the application the person attended a MIAM, or a non-court dispute resolution process about the same or substantially the same dispute (with written confirmation from the provider)[8][7]
(f)Existing proceedingsThe application would be made in continuing proceedings and the applicant attended a MIAM before starting them[8]
(h)BankruptcyFinancial remedy applications only: evidence that the applicant is bankrupt[8]
(j)Without noticeThe application would be made without notice to the other party[8]
(k)Disability or inabilityThe person cannot attend online or by video link (with an explanation), and a disability or other inability prevents attendance in person unless facilities can be offered; all authorised mediators within fifteen miles (or five of them) have been contacted and cannot provide them, with details given to the court[8]
(l)Prison, bail or licenceThe person is in prison or another institution without facilities for online attendance, or is subject to bail conditions or a licence that prevent contact with the other person[8]
(n)Child partyA child is one of the prospective parties[8]
(o)No mediator availableThe person cannot attend online (with an explanation) and all authorised mediators within fifteen miles (or five of them) have stated they cannot conduct a MIAM within fifteen business days, with details given to the court[8]
(p)No mediator nearbyThe person cannot attend online (with an explanation) and there is no authorised mediator with an office within fifteen miles of their home[8]

The list was tightened by the Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023. Four former exemptions, at sub-paragraphs (e), (g), (i) and (m), were removed, the former rule 3.8(2) was omitted, and the practical exemptions relating to distance and availability were made conditional on the person being unable to attend online.[13][8] Applications for a consent order, which GOV.UK lists in plain terms as an exemption, are strictly outside the scope of the requirement altogether under Practice Direction 3A rather than exempt from it.[5][7]

Where an exemption is claimed, the court will, at the allocation stage in children cases and in any event at the first hearing in financial cases, inquire whether it was validly claimed and whether it still applies.[16] If it was not, or no longer does, the court will direct the applicant or the parties to attend a MIAM and adjourn to allow that, unless it considers that the requirement should not apply in all the circumstances, having regard among other things to “the potential benefits of attending a MIAM”.[16] The evidence required for each exemption, and how it is obtained in practice, is set out in detail on MIAM exemptions, and from the applicant’s side on C100Form.co.uk’s guide to claiming an exemption.

After the MIAM: forms, validity and the court’s response

Confirmation of attendance

When a person has attended, the mediator completes and signs the MIAM section of the application form, giving their FMC registration number. Forms C100 and Form A contain this section; for other applications the confirmation is given on Form FM1, which also records whether the applicant and respondent attended together or separately and whether the respondent declined.[15][19] Form FM1 was last revised in April 2024.[19]

A MIAM can be relied on for four months. This follows from exemption (d): a person who attended a MIAM within the four months before applying is exempt from attending another, and the FMC advises that a mediator can sign the form if the meeting took place within the last four months.[8][4] After that a fresh meeting is needed unless another exemption applies.

Form FM5 and the court’s continuing duty

Since 29 April 2024 the court may require each party to file a statement of their views on using non-court dispute resolution, on Form FM5, at least seven days before the first hearing on notice, or at such other time as the court directs.[11][7][20] The court may adjourn proceedings at any stage to encourage the parties to obtain information about, and use, non-court dispute resolution, and in children proceedings may do so once it has received the Cafcass safeguarding letter.[17] The requirement that the parties agree to such an adjournment was removed by the 2024 amendments.[13]

Costs consequences

Rule 28.3(7) now lists, among the conduct the court must take into account when deciding costs in financial remedy proceedings, “any failure by a party, without good reason, to attend a MIAM or attend non-court dispute resolution”.[21] In X v Y [2024] EWHC 538 (Fam), decided shortly before the amendments came into force, Mrs Justice Knowles said that the changes would “give an added impetus to the court’s duty” and that parties to financial remedy and private law children proceedings could expect the court to keep under active review whether non-court dispute resolution was suitable; an unreasonable failure to engage could justify departing from the usual starting point of no order as to costs.[22] The court’s wider powers are covered on mediation and the Family Court.

Cost, legal aid and the voucher scheme

The Family Mediation Council and GOV.UK both describe the usual private cost of a MIAM as around £120 per person; the FMC’s 2025 survey of the sector found that around £150 was the most common fee.[4][5][6] Fees are set by individual mediators and services and vary by region, format and whether the meeting is joint or separate. Where at least one person is eligible for legal aid, “the total cost of MIAM attendance can be met by the Legal Aid Agency”, so both people attend free.[7] The £500 Family Mediation Voucher does not pay for a MIAM; it contributes to the mediation sessions that may follow.[23]

Family mediation remained within the scope of civil legal aid when the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 removed most private family law from it on 1 April 2013.[24][25][26] Eligibility is means-tested and is assessed by the mediator under a Legal Aid Agency contract; there is no requirement to show evidence of domestic abuse, which distinguishes mediation legal aid from legal aid for a solicitor.[24] Where one person qualifies, the Legal Aid Agency pays for that person’s MIAM and mediation and also for the other person’s MIAM and first joint session; later sessions are paid for by the person who does not qualify.[7][27] Where both qualify, the whole process is funded. The detail is on legal aid for family mediation, with the current means-test figures explained on Legal Aid 60.

The Family Mediation Voucher Scheme

The voucher scheme was launched by the Ministry of Justice on 26 March 2021 as a time-limited measure to encourage mediation after the pandemic, with an initial £1 million fund.[28] It provides up to £500 towards the cost of mediation, without a means test, in disputes about a child, or about finances where there is also a dispute about a child; disputes solely about finances do not qualify.[29][23] The mediator applies for the voucher and is paid directly once mediation concludes; the scheme does not cover the MIAM itself, and one voucher is available per family.[23] Funding has been renewed annually and was confirmed for the 2026-27 financial year in March 2026.[30][31] See Family Mediation Voucher Scheme.

Statistics

No single official series counts every MIAM in England and Wales, because privately funded meetings are not centrally recorded. The available figures come from three sources: the Legal Aid Agency’s statistics on legally aided MIAMs and mediation, the Family Mediation Council’s periodic survey of its registered mediators, and the Ministry of Justice’s data on the voucher scheme.

Selected published figures relating to MIAMs and family mediation
MeasureFigureSource and period
Legally aided MIAMs12,837Legal Aid Agency data reported by the FMC, 2024/25[6]
Legally aided mediation starts9,841As above, 2024/25[6]
Change in legally aided MIAM volumeUp 2 per cent on the same quarter a year earlierMinistry of Justice, January to March 2026[32]
Legally aided mediation outcomes recorded as agreements58 per cent of outcomesMinistry of Justice, January to March 2025[33]
Cases proceeding to mediation where both attend a MIAMAbout 70 per centFMC, State of Family Mediation 2025[6]
FMC-registered mediators1,025, of whom 67 per cent accredited (FMCA)FMC, 2025[6]
Legal aid mediation providers238, down from 450 in 2018FMC, 2025[6]
Voucher scheme: families or parents supportedMore than 54,000 since 2021Ministry of Justice, May 2026[31]
Voucher scheme: agreement on some or all issues69 per cent of the first 7,214 cases analysedMinistry of Justice analysis, March 2023[34]
Private law children cases started15,534 in the quarterFamily Court Statistics Quarterly, January to March 2026[35]
Private law disposals with neither party represented49 per centAs above[35]

The Ministry of Justice’s legal aid statistics for January to March 2026 note that family mediation outcomes are “around half of pre-LASPO levels”, and the FMC’s survey records a fall in legal aid mediation providers from 450 in 2018 to 238 in 2025.[32][6] Individual providers also publish their own figures: for example, Mediate UK, a trading name of Family Legal Ltd (the publisher of this wiki), reported that 84 per cent of the 2,088 people who attended one of its MIAMs in 2025 went on to mediation, a provider-level figure that is not directly comparable with national data.[36] Longer-run figures and their limitations are discussed on family mediation statistics, and the FMC and Ministry of Justice tables are compiled and kept current by Mediation Guide.

History

Development of the MIAM in England and Wales
DateDevelopment
April 2011A Pre-Application Protocol for Mediation Information and Assessment, introduced through Practice Direction 3A, set an expectation that applicants in private family law would attend a MIAM before applying to court. It was an expectation rather than a statutory requirement[26]
1 April 2013Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 came into force, removing most private family law from legal aid while keeping family mediation in scope. The number of publicly funded MIAMs fell from 30,662 to 13,354 in the following year, a drop the Justice Committee attributed in part to the removal of solicitors, who had previously referred clients to mediation, from the process[25][26][37]
22 April 2014Section 10 of the Children and Families Act 2014 made attendance at a MIAM a statutory requirement, and Part 3 of the Family Procedure Rules was substituted to give effect to it. The single Family Court was created on the same day[1][2][12]
1 January 2016The Family Mediation Council required mediators conducting MIAMs and signing court forms to hold FMC accreditation[18]
26 March 2021The Family Mediation Voucher Scheme was launched[28]
23 March 2023The Ministry of Justice consulted on making mediation mandatory in suitable low-level cases; the government response in January 2024 did not proceed with compulsion[38]
29 April 2024The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 came into force: the definition of non-court dispute resolution was widened, Form FM5 was introduced, four exemptions were removed, the remaining practical exemptions were tied to inability to attend online, the mediator’s duties at a MIAM were extended, the court’s power to adjourn no longer depended on the parties’ agreement, and failure to attend a MIAM became a costs factor[13][21]

Criticism and debate

The MIAM has been criticised from two directions. Some practitioners and researchers regard it as a formality that many applicants treat as a box to tick, pointing to the fall in mediation after 2013 and to the proportion of court applications, particularly from unrepresented parties, that proceed with an exemption claimed; the Justice Committee found in 2015 that, far from rising by the 9,000 a year the Ministry of Justice had predicted, MIAMs fell by an estimated 17,246, or 56 per cent, in the year after LASPO.[37] Others, including domestic abuse organisations, have argued that any pressure towards mediation risks exposing victims to further harm, and the evidence list for the domestic abuse exemption has been progressively widened in response.[7]

In 2023 the Ministry of Justice consulted on making mediation itself compulsory for suitable cases. Its January 2024 response declined to do so, preferring to strengthen the court’s existing powers, which the April 2024 rule changes did.[38][13] The current position is therefore that attendance at a MIAM is compulsory, mediation is not, but an unreasonable refusal to engage can carry costs consequences and can lead the court to adjourn. In practice, the MIAM remains the main route by which separating couples learn about mediation: the FMC reports that around 70 per cent of cases proceed to mediation where both people attend.[6]

Providers

MIAMs are provided by FMC-accredited mediators working as sole practitioners, in local services, and in national organisations. The Family Mediation Council’s register is the authoritative list, and the Legal Aid Agency’s “find a legal aid adviser” service lists those holding a mediation contract.[7] Most providers offer meetings online as well as in person; a number of larger services conduct all MIAMs by video. Examples of national providers include Mediate UK, a trading name of Family Legal Ltd, which publishes this wiki and holds a Legal Aid Agency mediation contract.[36]

See also

References

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  2. The Children and Families Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014, SI 2014/793. legislation.gov.uk. Commencement of section 10 on 22 April 2014 is recorded in the explanatory note to SI 2014/889. Accessed 5 September 2026.
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