Resolving Family Conflicts

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Contents: Introduction Part I Theoretical Foundations: In the best interests of children: a proposal to transform the adversarial system, Gregory Firestone and Janet Weinstein An interdisciplinary approach to family law jurisprudence: application of an ecological and therapeutic perspective, Barbara A. Babb Rights myopia in child welfare, Clare Huntington. Part II Court Processes and Structure: A: Historical Overview: The evolving judicial role in child custody disputes: from fault finder to conflict manager to differential case management, Andrew Schepard. B: Problem-Solving Courts: Problem-solving courts: a brief primer, Greg Berman and John Feinblatt Fixing families: the story of the Manhattan family treatment court, Robert Wolf. C: Unified Family Courts: The failure of fragmentation: the promise of a system of unified family courts, Catherine J. Ross Unified family courts: tempering enthusiasm with caution, Anne H. Geraghty and Wallace J. Mlyniec. D: Family Mediation: 1: Divorce and Child Access Mediation: Divorce mediation: research and reflections, Robert E. Emery, David Sbarra and Tara Grover Bring in the lawyers: challenging the dominant approaches to ensuring fairness in divorce mediation, Craig McEwen, Nancy Rogers and Richard Maiman Yes, no, and maybe: informed decision making about divorce mediation in the presence of domestic violence, Nancy Ver Steegh. 2: Child Welfare Mediation and Family Group Conferencing: Rights myopia in child welfare: a problem-solving model: the example of family group conferencing, Clare Huntington Why won't Mom cooperate? A critique of informality in child welfare proceedings, Amy Sinden. E: Managing High Conflict Cases: Parenting coordination for high conflict families, Christine Coates, Robin Deutsch, Hugh Starnes, Matthew Sullivan and BeaLisa Sydlik Building multidisciplinary professional partnerships with the court on behalf of high-conflict divorcing families and their children: who needs what kind of help?, Janet R. Johnson. F: Pro Se Litigants: And justice for all a including the unrepresented poor: revisiting the role of judges, mediators and clerks, Russell Engler A family law residency program?: a modest proposal in response to the burdens created by self-represented litigants in family court, Steven Berenson. Part III The Role of Lawyers and Other Professionals: A: Lawyers: Emerging roles of the family lawyer: a challenge for the courts, Forrest S. Mosten Collaborative family law, Pauline Tesler Family law in the 21st century: note: ethical issues in collaborative lawyering, Barbara Glesner Fines. B: What Role for the Child's Voice?: What's wrong with children's rights, Martin Guggenheim Children's participation in the family justice system a translating principles into practice, Nigel Lowe and Mervyn Murch Representing children: the ongoing search for clear and workable standards, Barbara Ann Attwood. C: Mental Health Professionals and Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Making a place at the table: reconceptualizing the role of the custody evaluator in child custody disputes, Mary Kay Kisthardt and Barbara Glesner Fines Commentary on Tippin's and Wittmann's 'Empirical and Ethical Problems with Custody Recommendations: A Call for Clinical Humility and Judicial Vigilance', Joan B. Kelly and Janet R. Johnston. Part IV Preventive and Supportive Strategies: Between private ordering and public fiat: a new paradigm for family law decision-making, Howard Fink and June Carbone Parental conflict prevention programs and the unified family court: a public health perspective, Andrew Schepard Keeping in contact: the role of family relationship centres in Australia, Patrick Parkinson Name index.