The data were obtained from published articles and court reports from California, Connecticut, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Canada, and Australia. It was found that a court with a mediation service was economically more efficient than one without a mediation program. In addition, mediation settlements had greater compliance with divorce agreements and more favorable postdivorce adjustment than nonmediated settlements. The data indicate that mediation would lessen the cost and improve the quality of dispute resolution at the time of divorce. Tabular data and 54 references are provided. (Author abstract modified)