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‘Talk to Us, Not About Us’: Children's Understandings and Experiences of Participation in Australian Family Law

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A hive of recent policy and legislative activity in Australian family law has emphasized the importance of children's right to participate in decision‐making following parental separation. Yet a powerful tension persists between supporting children's right to participation and protecting children from parental conflict.
Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Children's Voices and Feedback Mechanisms in Family Justice

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When parents separate in Australia and in many other jurisdictions, most settle the parenting arrangements for their children between themselves or with the assistance of mediation or other dispute resolution processes. These processes may or may not take much account of children's views.
Judith Cashmore
wiley   +1 more source

Shared Physical Custody and Children’s Experience of Stress

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 2017
ABSTRACTThis article studies shared physical custody in Sweden, the country in the world where the phenomenon is most prevalent. We ask whether children in shared physical custody settings are more likely to report high levels of stress compared to children living in sole custody.
Jani Turunen
exaly   +2 more sources

The Growth in Shared Custody in the United States: Patterns and Implications

Family Court Review, 2017
We document the dramatic decline in the United States of mother sole custody arrangements following divorce. Our empirical analysis uses Wisconsin court records data spanning more than two decades (1988–2010). Updating earlier analyses that showed significant increases in shared custody, we estimate that shared custody (where children spend at least 25%
Maria Cancian
exaly   +2 more sources

Children’s Relationships With Grandparents in Married and in Shared and Sole Physical Custody Families

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 2018
Grandparents can be an important source of support for their grandchildren in the often difficult time during and after parents’ divorce or separation.
Maaike Jappens
exaly   +3 more sources

Thinking Outside the Custody Box: Moving Beyond Custody Law to Achieve Shared Parenting and Shared Custody

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
This article argues that custody law alone cannot achieve shared parenting for many couples at the time of breakup. It suggests that the law should be focused on fostering shared parenting itself rather than implementing stronger shared custody rules. To this end, the article recommends that society focus on legal reform that would encourage supportive
openaire   +1 more source

Shared custody: A case study in mediation

Mediation Quarterly, 1988
AbstractHow might a male‐female attorney‐therapist team mediate between parents who were never married?
openaire   +1 more source

The Shared Custody of the Tabernacle and a Hittite Analogy

Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1970
The Hittite text "Instructions for Temple Officials" contains rules for the guarding of a temple in pre-Israelite times against which corresponding provisions of the Priestly Code can be compared. The comparison shows that the Hittite cult, anterior to the Bible, differentiates between two classes of temple guards which resemble the biblical priests ...
openaire   +1 more source

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