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Solidarity in action: Collaborating with system‐impacted youth to transform the juvenile (in)justice system through YPAR Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Vera Lopez, Kayla Martensen, Michelle Diaz
The juvenile “justice” system in the United States and the expansion of the carceral state into communities of color are deeply rooted in white supremacy. To challenge these oppressive systems, it is essential for system‐impacted youth to have access to these subjugated histories. We argue that critical youth participatory action research (YPAR) is a powerful tool for providing these youth with the
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Two is better than one: Let's get married! Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Cynthia Madrid
Marriage provides a key insight to American life. Marriage is a significant factor when analyzing our society and our current structure – a widening gap among social classes. The decline in marriages among middle and lower class reflects issues with education attainment and financial stability. Unfortunately, there has been no initiative to address the declining marriage rate. This Note proposes a
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Child custody cases now & then: From Kramer versus Kramer to Marriage Story Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Alexandra Crampton
In the 1970s, the movie Kramer versus Kramer dramatized the destructiveness of child custody disputes. It helped inspire family law reform and careers. The central problem identified was an adversarial system and hostile litigation. The proposed solution was alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Over time, these alternatives became an integral part of the family law response to child custody cases
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Marriage as a hustle: The evolution of property law and the arrival of same‐sex marriage in Cuba Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Libby Adler
This paper tells the coinciding stories of same‐sex marriage's arrival in Cuba and the evolution of Cuban property law. It argues that greater privatization in the Cuban system, including access to real estate ownership and small‐scale entrepreneurship, contributed to (did not solely determine) the advent of same‐sex marriage even though it was, practically speaking, wholly unnecessary to the goal
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Exploring litigation abuse in Ontario: An analysis of costs decisions Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Nicholas Bala, Ella Benedetti, Sydney Franzmann
Litigation abuse is a pattern of conduct that misuses the Family Court process in a way that could reasonably be expected to cause emotional or financial harm to the other party or their children which is greater than would occur with the proper use of the family justice process. Litigation abuse may be motivated by a perpetrator's desire to gain an unfair advantage in the litigation or to control
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That's amore?: Intimate partner femicide in Italy and the failures of the Italian legislature to prevent violence against women Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Deanna Cinquemani
Intimate partner femicide has caused growing concern in Italy, as instances continue to occur frequently. The Italian legislature has a long history of legislation that failed to protect women from violence, especially within their family units. Despite significant improvements to legislation over the last few decades, the problem of intimate partner femicide persists. This Note focuses on the failures
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October editorial note by Barbara Babb Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Barbara A. Babb, Marsha Kline Pruett
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Educating for change: A meta‐analysis of education programs for separating and divorcing parents Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Michael A. Saini, Samantha Corrente
Parent education programs have been designed explicitly for separated and divorced parents. These programs typically aim to help parents navigate the challenges of co‐parenting, reduce their children's exposure to interparental conflict, and promote their children's well‐being post‐separation and divorce. Evaluating the effectiveness of parent education programs has been challenging, given the heterogeneity
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Access denied: Reducing pediatric firearm mortality with smart gun technology Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Kary E. Mihailides
In 2020, firearm‐related injuries became the leading cause of death in American children. Ensuring the safe storage of household firearms is one way to reduce those deaths. Since the 1990s, states have sought to accomplish that goal through child access prevention (CAP) laws, which sanction gun owners for unsafe firearm storage. However, recent survey data suggests that these laws are not effective
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Raised by machines—Children's collection of information as a catalyst for the creation of AI complaisant consumers Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Juliette Matchton
Privacy laws have yet to effectively deal with the ever‐growing implementation of predictive technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), making critical decisions for children. To resolve this issue, COPPA should be revised, and a new division of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should be created to provide a central informational source on the risks related to AI− a more effective means
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LGBTQ+ affirming practices for family court professionals Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Rebecca M. Stahl
This paper focuses on the current issues faced by LGBTQ+ clients in family court cases. The paper proceeds in three parts. It first focuses on the specific issues that relate to LGBTQ+ people in the family court system and why they remain relevant despite the many advancements for LGBTQ+ people in recent years. The paper addresses what is unique about the legal system and how it can seem more accepting
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Identifying a typology of helpful post‐divorce family assets: Implications for divorce education Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Luke T. Russell
Divorce education programs seek to provide parents with information about various aspects of the divorce process, its consequences, and strategies for successful adjustment. Within those broad content areas, however, there are myriad of potential promotive‐, protective‐, and risk‐factors that programs could address. Thus, divorce education programs could benefit from further guidance about the content
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LGBTQ+‐affirming graduate education: Preparing and supporting future family court clinicians Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Lindsey Sank Davis, Emily E. Crain, McKenzie Sheridan
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual orientation and gender minority (LGBTQ+) youth and families have been under a social and legislative attack in the United States in recent years, marked by a stark increase in gender‐affirming care bans and religious rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. LGBTQ+ graduate students in mental health fields—particularly those who seek to
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Introduction to the special issue: LGBTQ+ issues in family law Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Rebecca M. Stahl, Lindsey Sank Davis
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It's more than just beating teen pregnancy: Incentivizing comprehensive sex education programs in the United States Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Erin Cauley
Currently in the United States, many states provide abstinence only education to students, if sexual education is mandatory at all. This is largely because of the 2017 policy that redirected funding through grants from comprehensive sexual education to abstinence only education. This Note proposes that the current administration redirect the money back to comprehensive sexual education policies that
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Gender and orientation diversity in the family courts: A guide to terms and present issues Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Nathaniel Currie, Sherri Simmons‐Horton, Jack Burke, Rebecca Farley, Aydin Olson‐Kennedy
Family court systems sort, explore, and resolve many youth, couple, family, and community concerns and issues. Recognizing the vast diversity of all people, and thus the vast diversity of the concept of family, this article defines and discusses many of the ideas central to diversity, identity, and family. This resource can assist family court professionals in interpreting and applying LGBTQ+ family
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Queering child welfare and juvenile justice: Recommendations for affirming LGBTQ+ youth Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Wiston A. Rodriguez, Sheharyar Hussain, Kevin L. Nadal, D. R. Gina Sissoko, D' Andrah Almanzar, Dashawn Ealey, Emerson Tejeda
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people have historically been subjected to maltreatment across multiple environments and systems – including their homes, schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, healthcare facilities, and more. The criminal justice and child welfare systems were built on the foundations of cisnormativity and heteronormativity, making LGBTQ+ youth susceptible to systemic
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Can online parent education meet the needs of the courts and improve the well‐being of children? The critical roles of goal, program, and evidence alignment Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Karey L. O'Hara, Irwin N. Sandler, Joi Hollis
Parent education in family courts can significantly impact children's well‐being after divorce if programs are (1) widely accessible, (2) acceptable to parents, (3) feasible to implement by courts, and (4) have evidence of effectiveness in improving key outcomes for children. In light of recently raised concerns about whether court‐ordered/court‐mandated parent education is justified, to it is critical
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A collaborative approach to develop indigenous specific parenting education Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Danielle Bergevin, Chelsea Kelly, Kristine Heaney
Discrimination against Indigenous peoples is ongoing and perpetuated by systemic structures such as Eurocentric educational systems that often require learners to suppress their Indigeneity and conform to the dominant culture. Previous attempts at incorporating Indigenous cultures and values into education have often perpetuated harmful and negative stereotypes to the detriment of Indigenous learners
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Rethinking utility in divorce education: Use of multi‐program evaluation data to uncover markers of post‐divorce adjustment Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Anthony J. Ferraro, Renée E. Wilkins‐Clark, Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Luke T. Russell, Andrew S. Brimhall, Melinda Stafford Markham
For children in the United States, family instability following parental relationship dissolution is common and efforts to promote effective post‐divorce co‐parenting arrangements have grown substantially in recent decades. To help families navigate transitions through the divorce process, most states require divorcing parents to complete divorce education programming. In the present study we used
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LGBTIQ+ access to assisted reproductive treatment Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Stephen Page
This article provides an overview of barriers faced by LGBTQ+ people with respect to Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART). It proceeds in four parts and addresses four different identities who may be impacted differently. The article first addresses access to ART by gay and single men. It then focuses on the question of who is recognized as a parent legally and how that impacts ART. The article next
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The effects of resolution method of child custody and support plans on parental well‐being during the divorce process: Implications from and for divorce education Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 J. Scott Crapo, Joshua J. Turner, Kay Bradford, Brian J. Higginbotham
The majority of research on the impact of divorce on parents, children, and families focuses on what occurs after the divorce has been finalized. However, data derived from divorce education programs present opportunities for research on the experience of parents during the divorce process. Guided by the divorce‐stress‐adjustment model, this study sought to understand how the divorce process impacts
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Navigating new norms: Essay and personal reflections on gender identity and affirming care Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Gavin Meade
Gender‐affirming care saves lives. Research indicates that social interventions such as name/pronoun changes and medical interventions such as hormone therapy directly benefit youth and adolescents and can be a protective factor for the maladaptive effects of gender dysphoria and the all‐too‐common associated depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. This piece takes personal experiences supporting
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Whether you've tied the knot shouldn't matter: Anyone, regardless of marital status, should be permitted to adopt in New York if it is in the child's best interests Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Melissa Struck
New York Domestic Relations Law Section 110, which outlines who can adopt, precludes married petitioners from adopting without their spouse joining in the adoption petition, even when all parties involved support the adoption, and it is in the child's best interests. Some judges have prioritized the child's best interests and granted adoptions in such cases, while others have rigidly construed the
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Delaware County, Ohio, domestic relations court programs designed to reduce family conflict and reach agreements Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Randall D. Fuller, Amy Armstrong
Families experiencing separation and divorce often find it difficult to provide emotional stability for children as the parents struggle with financial, parenting, and relationship decisions. The effect on children can be especially precarious. Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are risk factors that potentially affect children for the rest of their lives. Parental separation and divorce are identified
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The Children's Justice Clinic: Ensuring high-quality legal representation for children through clinical legal education Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Katherine P. Hazen, Michelle Paxton, Abigail L. Herzfeld, Eve M. Brank
Juvenile and family law uniquely require interdisciplinary education and experience to balance children's and families' legal rights with their best interests. Clinical legal education provides third-year law students with advanced and applied experience in a specific area of law to prepare them for legal practice. Recent developments in clinical legal education advance this experience by integrating
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The birth of femtech lays fertile grounds for pregnancy discrimination in the workplace Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Filza Siddiqui
Femtech refers to electronic devices, software, or other technology relating to women's health. Employers are contributing to the rapid growth of femtech by adopting femtech products for workplace wellness programs. Due to a lack of federal laws or regulations, employers can access the personal, intimate information their employees record in these femtech products which can subject employees to pregnancy
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A structured rubric for evaluating the many systemic variables that can contribute to parent–child contact problems (PCCP) Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Benjamin D. Garber
Parent–child contact problems (PCCP) are among the most vexing and intractable matters encountered in contemporary divorce and post‐divorce litigation. These complex and incendiary family dynamics can confound even the most experienced evaluators, investigators, and jurists, fueling opposing confirmational biases, and sparking a destructive tug‐of‐war between the aligned parent's allegations of abuse
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Why's it gotta be so complicated: New York's regulation of compensated traditional surrogacy agreements creates a constitutional violation Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Michelle J. Katz
New York's Child–Parent Security Act (CPSA) legalized compensated gestational surrogacy and created a simpler way for parents to establish their parental rights when utilizing assisted reproductive technology (ART). While this was a substantial step forward from past antiquated law, the CPSA continues to heavily regulate compensated genetic, otherwise known as traditional, surrogacy making it challenging
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Family Court Review: A love letter, and little a bit of history Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Peter Salem
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Revolutionizing family courts: Catalysts for reform and the transformative role of technology Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Tom Altobelli, Erin McKenna, Isabel Suh
This article examines the multiple inter-connected and interacting catalysts for past, current and future family court reform. We then, with deep humility and quiet ambition, contemplate the next 50 years and hypothesize about future court reform which we predict will focus on technology. We observe how what was once a fanciful idea for family courts (such as electronic filing and online court events)
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An evaluation of remote child custody mediation in San Mateo County, California Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Daisy Ni
The COVID-19 pandemic forced courts to virtualize proceedings almost overnight, resulting in both an array of new technological tools as well as important questions about their long-term effects. This article studies the impact of the shift from in-person to remote child custody and visitation mediation in San Mateo County, California. Through surveys with parents, interviews with mediators and parents
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International family justice as collaborative justice Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Sundaresh Menon
Globalization has fueled the rise of international family disputes, which raise difficult legal issues that cannot be addressed by any court or jurisdiction working alone. These challenges require a considered and coherent response on the international front, supported by the willingness of individual family judges to communicate and cooperate to identify and implement practical solutions. To meet
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Here's to you, Peter Salem! Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Barbara Babb, Robert Emery, Janet Johnston, Marsha Kline Pruett, Andrew Schepard
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International judicial symposium on family court reform: Final report Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Barbara A. Babb, Amy G. Applegate
On May 30, 2023, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) co-sponsored an international symposium to explore the subject of family court reform. Twenty-eight judges representing eight countries and including numerous North American states and provinces met in Los Angeles, California, to identify the most pressing
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Intimate partner violence in the LGBTQ+ community: Implications for family court professionals Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Lindsey Sank Davis, Emily E. Crain
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) individuals likely experience more intimate partner violence (IPV) than their cisgender, heterosexual counterparts. Though the research on IPV among LGBTQ+ individuals is lacking in quantity, available evidence suggests LGBTQ+ individuals have unique risk factors for IPV victimization and perpetration, express
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Protection for pets and people: The critical need for increased federal funding for pet-friendly domestic violence services Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Rachel November
The research linking pet abuse with domestic violence is overwhelming. Pet abuse is a significant indicator that a human family member is suffering too. Further, victims are likely to become abusers themselves, perpetuating the intertwined cycles of pet abuse and domestic violence. Most women in domestic violence shelters report that their pet was also victimized. However, since few domestic violence
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Are child custody evaluations beneficial to family law judges? A study from the judicial perspective Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Tammi Axelson, Jennifer Gentile
There is a long history of dissension among legal and mental health professionals about the value of child custody evaluations. Despite frequent use by the courts, the lack of adequate empirical research impedes the ability to validate the efficacy of child custody evaluations. This study investigated the overall value of court-ordered child custody evaluations by surveying a diverse, national sample
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Parent-child contact problems: Family violence and parental alienating behaviors either/or, neither/nor, both/and, one in the same? Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Matthew J. Sullivan, Marsha Kline Pruett, Janet R. Johnston
This article argues that in order to intervene effectively and ethically with children who are manifesting Parent–child contact problems (PCCPs) after parental separation, we begin by being mindful of what is normal about divorce transitions and use developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive analysis to rule out children's common transitory reactions. It is then important to concurrently
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Remolding the court: The need for forward-thinking evidentiary and sentencing practices in domestic violence cases with battered women Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Dorothy Caccioppoli
Domestic violence is a danger faced by women across the United States. When a woman suffering from battered woman syndrome (BWS) harms their abuser, they are often left with no defense to criminal liability. At trial, they may rely on expert testimony about BWS, but outdated judicial standards could prevent its admission to the jury. To protect these victims from facing life sentences as punishment
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A call for early, effective, and scalable parent education programs for high-conflict separated/divorcing parents: A synthesized perspective from prevention science and family law Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Karey L. O'Hara, Bruce R. Cohen
Conflict between parents is stressful for children living in the midst of parental separation or divorce. Although some level of post-separation/divorce conflict is understandable in an emotionally-charged separation/divorce, it undermines the extent to which parents can protect their children from short- and long-term problems. In this article, we weave together a synthesized perspective informed
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Defining points and transformative turns in family violence, parenting and coparenting disputes Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Michael A. Saini, Robin M. Deutsch, Leslie M. Drozd
Family violence is a multifaceted issue encompassing various harmful behaviors within familial relationships. This paper explores the definitional problems presented in this special issue on family violence and its impact on parenting and coparenting. By examining the shifts and expansions of concepts related to family violence over time, we highlight the transformative turns in this special issue
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Mitigating the impact of intimate partner violence in pregnancy and early childhood: A dyadic approach to psychotherapy Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Carolyn Ponting, Rachel C. Tomlinson, Ann Chu, Alicia F. Lieberman
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is often considered an adult problem despite profound consequences for the children who are exposed toviolent relational patterns. About a third of children and adolescents report past exposure to parental IPV, and a majority were first exposed as infants. Exposure to IPV during pregnancy through the first 5 years of a child's life has consequences ranging from adverse
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Coparenting and intimate partner violence Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Jennifer L. Hardesty, Brian G. Ogolsky, Tanitoluwa D. Akinbode
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health issue across the globe due to its associations with health and wellbeing, especially among mothers and children. These associations are often more pronounced following separation or divorce, which can compromise safety given that women and children are at heightened risk during these transitions. Thus, it is critical to understand the implications
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Implications of intimate partner physical violence and substance misuse for parenting Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 K. Daniel O'Leary
Approximately 35%–45% of young married adults engage in intimate partner violence (IPV), and it is possible to reliably distinguish between general IPV and clinically significant IPV in a manner accepted both by DSM-V & ICD-11. IPV and alcohol misuse have been associated in many research designs, and experts now argue that alcohol misuse causes IPV. While less research exists on other substances like
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Engaging fathers who commit family violence: Issues and challenges for family courts Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Robert Nonomura, Dan Zamfir, Katreena Scott, Peter Jaffe, Shaz Bukhari, Lisa Heslop
Intervention with fathers who commit family violence is an essential but often overlooked part of effective family court proceedings. This article provides an overview of how evidence-informed engagement with fathers around family violence can complement family court efforts to achieve safe and healthy outcomes for children. The focus on fathers is not based on bias against fathers, men, or masculinity
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Justice metamorphosis: Moving from reactive to proactive strategies to remotely protect families from intimate partner violence Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Alicia Davis, Sarah Vandenberg Van Zee, Conor Geiger
The pandemic accelerated the adoption of remote access to courts through e-filing and virtual hearings. Concurrently, courts experienced an increase in intimate partner violence cases due in part to heightened stress during the pandemic. Virtual technology became crucial for individuals seeking relief from harm when traditional support systems were limited. However, remote proceedings lack the personal
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Remove the condom and you remove consent: Why the U.S. should adopt Australia's initiative as a guide to criminalize stealthing Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Gianna Amore
Stealthing, or non-consensual condom removal, has become a dark reality for many people, posing risks such as unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and negative mental health effects. Although stealthing has received prior media coverage, it continues to fly under the legal radar in all but one U.S. jurisdiction. With blogs listing their top 10 tips on stealthing, and memes making light
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The lived experiences of children/young people in the Aotearoa-New Zealand family court system Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Kath Orr, Annette Dickinson, Elizabeth Smythe
This qualitative study explores the experiences of young people with professionals as they traverse the family court in Aotearoa-New Zealand. A hermeneutic phenomenological lens, based on the writings of Heidegger, Gadamer, van Manen and Buber, explored this phenomenon, which was embedded in the notion that young people need to have agency, the ability to act, to speak and to share their thoughts in
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Intimate partner violence screening for separating or divorcing parents: An introduction to the Mediator's Assessment of Safety Issues and Concerns-Short (MASIC-S) Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Fernanda S. Rossi, Amy G. Applegate, Claire Tomlinson, Amy Holtzworth-Munroe
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a leading cause of separation and/or divorce. IPV may not stop after separation, as parents who use IPV can continue intruding in the lives of parents who experience IPV due to unsafe parenting arrangements that allow continued frequent contact and thus risk further abuse. Therefore, it is critical that separating/divorcing parents be assessed for IPV and ongoing
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Training parenting plan evaluators: Looking towards the future Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Robert L. Kaufman, Robin M. Deutsch, April Harris-Britt
Standards of practice for parenting plan evaluations continue to evolve, informed by advances in research and the development of innovative, evidence-based approaches to assessment and intervention. Parenting plan evaluators are asked to inform the court, parents, and other professionals on how to address the complex needs of increasingly diverse families amid reorganization, high conflict, and crisis
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Best practices for structuring a family court parenting plan evaluation under the 2022 AFCC Guidelines Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 David A. Martindale, Leslie Ellen Shear
Evaluation appointment orders provide enforceable scaffolding for conduct of family court parenting plan evaluations, and use of the evaluator's reports, feedback, file, and testimony. Unlike a contract, a stipulated or adjudicated appointment order is directly enforceable by the family court. It unambiguously positions the evaluator as the family court's appointee – answerable directly to the court
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The utility of trauma evaluations in judicial decision-making in child sex trafficking cases: A qualitative analysis Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Ginny Sprang, Sarah Ascienzo, Chelsea Atwater, Jennifer Cole
Youth coerced into trafficking experience multiple forms of abuse, and are deprived of basic human rights associated with liberty and self-determination, all of which can adversely affect mental and psychological well-being (Ottisova et al., Behavioral Medicine, 44(3), 234-241.). This study uses a qualitative approach to exploring how judges use trauma-related information to make decisions about how
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To recommend or not recommend: That is still the question Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Lawrence Jay Braunstein, Jeffrey P. Wittmann
The boundaries around what parenting plan evaluators should and should not say in their reports to Courts has been debated in both mental health and legal circles for decades. The controversy about whether parenting plan evaluators should make specific recommendations to Courts regarding access plans and decision-making rights revolves around varied views of the limits of mental health professionals'
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Hybrid processes within parenting plan assessments: Rationale and an illustrative model Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Robert A. Simon, Arnold T. Shienvold
Parenting plan Assessments, also known as child custody evaluations, are forensic psychological investigations into the needs of children, the parenting capacities of their caregivers, and the resulting fit between the children's needs and caregiver capacities. Typically, they result in recommendations that are, in the opinion of the assessor, formulated to meet the best interests of children regarding
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The future of parenting plan evaluations: A view from the trenches Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Kathleen McNamara, Mary Lund
As expectations rise for parenting plan evaluators to be well-trained, skilled, and knowledgeable in numerous subject areas, and scrutiny of evaluators' work intensifies, the pool of qualified evaluators is shrinking nationwide. The future of parenting plan evaluation as a forensic subspecialty relies upon the availability of competent and committed professionals to do this challenging work, yet few
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Judicial decision-making in family court involving children with autism spectrum disorder Family Court Review (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Emilie Lahaie, Karine Poitras, Rachel Birnbaum
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children and adolescents has increased over the past decade. Consequently, the courts and experts are more likely to be exposed to these children whose needs are highly heterogeneous. The present study aims to document judicial decision-making about children with autism spectrum as well as the parenting recommendations made by experts involved in