Family Dispute Resolution - Process and Practice

Family Dispute Resolution brings together some of the field's leading practitioners, researchers, teachers, and policymakers to share their expertise and experience. This overview of family dispute resolution processes and practices is designed to help professionals who assist separating and divorcing parents make decisions about the future of their families. It is essential reading for legal and mental health professionals in the field and law and graduate students who intend to work with separating and divorcing families.

List of contents

• Section I: Introduction


• Chapter 1: Family Dispute Resolution: Toward a Differentiated Approach to Family Justice


• Peter Salem, Kelly Browe Olson, and Abby White


• Section II: Mediation


• Chapter 2: Family Mediation


• Peter Salem and Bernard Mayer


• Chapter 3: Child Inclusive in Divorce Mediation and Allied Contexts


• Jennifer McIntosh


• Chapter 4: A Mediation Model for Self-Represented Parties


• Susan Hansen, Casey Holtz, and Michael Dwyer


• Section III: Beyond Mediation - Family Dispute Resolution Processes


• Chapter 5: Parenting Coordination


• Barbara Fidler and Annette T. Burns


• Chapter 6: Online Dispute Resolution for Family Disputes


• Colin Rule


• Chapter 7: Early Neutral Assessment and Evaluation as a Settlement Process


• Kathleen McNamara


• Chapter 8: Helping Low-Income, Unmarried Parents With Parenting Time


• Jessica Pearson and Nancy Thoennes


• Chapter 9: Arbitrating Family Law Disputes


• Barbara Ann Atwood


• Chapter 10: Parenting Plan Evaluations as a Resolution Tool


• Sol R. Rappaport


• Chapter 11: The Case for Evidence-Based Parent Education Programs in Family Dispute Resolution Irwin Sandler, Karey O'Hara, Sharlene A. Wolchik, and Peter Salem


• Section IV: Critical Challenges in Family Dispute Resolution


• Chapter 12: Managing Intractable Conflict in Shared Parenting Arrangements


• Robin Deutsch and Matthew Sullivan


• Chapter 13: Intimate Partner Violence and Family Dispute Resolution: Coercion, Capacity, and Control


• Kelly Browe Olson


• Chapter 14: Working With Clients With High Conflict Personalities


• Bill Eddy


• Chapter 15: Substance Use Disorders: A Primer for Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners


• Stephanie Tabashneck, Leslie Drozd, and Jeffrey A. Soilson


• Section V: Collaborative Advocacy


• Chapter 16: Early Negotiation Processes


• John Lande


• Chapter 17: The Evolving Role of Lawyers in Family Dispute Resolution


• Carolyn Wilkes Kaas and Beth Fawver McCormack


• Chapter 18: Child Participation and Child Advocacy: Integrating Children's Voices and Interests in Family Dispute Resolution


• Stacey Platt and Laura Matthews-Jolly


• Chapter 19: Limited Scope Representation: An Important Tool and Peacemaking Catalyst for Family Dispute Resolution


• Forrest S. Mosten


• Section VI: Culture, Diversity, and Family Dispute Resolution


• Chapter 20: Integrating Issues of Culture in Family Dispute Resolution


• Gitu Bhatia


• Chapter 21: Dispute Resolution Challenges for Families With a Child With Special Needs


• Robert L. Kaufman and Daniel B. Pickar


• Chapter 22: Gender and Sexual Orientation Matters


• Allan Edward Barsky


• Section VII: Family Dispute Resolution and the Courts


• Chapter 23: Case Management in the Family Courts: Differentiating Legal and Mental Health Services to Assist Families


• Michael Saini


• Chapter 24: Court and Community Planning for Family Dispute Resolution: The Case for an Integrated Model


• Andrew Schepard, Marsha Kline Pruett, and Peter Salem


• Chapter 25: Implementing ODR in Family Court: Insights from the First Neutral Program Evaluation in the United States


• Jennifer Shack and Donna Shestowsky


• Chapter 26: The Family Resolutions Specialty Court: A Multidisciplinary Problem-Solving Approach


• Marsha Kline Pruett, Linda S. Fidnick, and Noelle Barrist Stern


• Section VIII: Special Issues in Family Dispute Resolution


• Chapter 27: Social Science Research in Family Dispute Resolution: Evidence-Base and Missing Confirmation


• Marsha Kline Pruett and Ellie A. Briskin


• Chapter 28: Confidentiality and Privilege Considerations in Family Dispute Resolution


• Gregory Firestone


• Chapter 29: Dealing With Multiple Codes of Conduct: A Guide for Ethical Decision-Making When Guidelines Collide


• Arnold T. Shienvold

About the author

Peter Salem is the Executive Director of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. He previously taught mediation at Marquette University Law School and served as director and mediator of Mediation and Family Court Services in Rock County, Wisconsin. He has provided training and consultation to family courts throughout the United States.

Kelly Browe Olson is a Professor and Mediation Clinic Director at the UA Little Rock Bowen School of Law where she teaches mediation, negotiation, family law, and domestic violence courses, and oversees a state-wide Special Education mediation project. She serves on the Arkansas Access to Justice and Parent Counsel Commissions and trains and consults with dependency/neglect mediation programs across the United States.

Summary

Over the last 50 years family justice systems in the United States and elsewhere have evolved from a predominant adversarial approach focused on litigation to the significant integration of more collaborative, settlement-oriented approaches, especially mediation. In Family Dispute Resolution: Process and Practice some of the field's leading practitioners, researchers, teachers, and policymakers provide an overview of the modern family dispute resolution processes designed to help separating and divorcing parents make decisions about the future of their families.

Chapters in this book address the growth of divorce mediation and other specialized processes including parenting coordination, arbitration, child-inclusive mediation, and online dispute resolution. They describe how to work with families experiencing issues including domestic violence, high conflict, substance misuse, and the lack of legal representation. Case management initiatives and special issues, including social science research and conflicting standards of practice, are also explored.

Family Dispute Resolution provides a wide-ranging look at contemporary family dispute resolution processes and is essential reading for everyone interested in learning more about working with separating and divorcing families, including professionals, and law and graduate students.

Additional text

This superb book is an essential read for both students and practitioners in family mediation. It covers the field comprehensively, including the newest developments. Each chapter is authored by an experienced individual or team, summarizes research and theory, and offers practical and balanced counsel."

Product details

• Authors: Salem, Peter (EDT)/ Olson Salem
• Assisted by: Kelly Browe Olson (Editor), Peter Salem (Editor), Salem Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9780197545904
• ISBN: 978-0-19-754590-4
• No. of pages: 648
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology, LAW / Family Law / Divorce & Separation, Family Law, Criminal or forensic psychology