abstract aim and background: conflict theory is one of the most use approaches in the field of marital discords that is widely has been used for the investigating of methods to cope with conflicts in relationships. the purpose of this study was comparing of women applying for divorce and normal women in conflict resolve tactics. methods and materials: in an ex post facto study 60 women who refe...

UNLABELLED The objective of this article is to examine the effectiveness of 2 theoretically different treatments delivered in juvenile drug court--family therapy represented by multidimensional family therapy (MDFT) and group-based treatment represented by adolescent group therapy (AGT)--on offending and substance use. Intent-to-treat sample included 112 youth enrolled in juvenile drug court (p...

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 R I. DEMOGRAPHICS OF MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD IN 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 R II. STRUCTURE AND CULTURE OF FAMILY COURT . . . . . . . . . . 208 R A. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Donna Austin, Director, Family Mediation Program, Lane County Paul Edison-Lahm, Multnomah County Family Court Facilitator Dr. Adam Furcher, PhD, Psychologist and Mediator, Portland Janice Garceau, LCSW, Director, Family Court Services, Multnomah County Kelly Lemarr, Attorney/Branch Manager, St. Andrew Legal Clinic, Washington County Jane Parisi-Mosher, MA, LMFT, Therapist, Me...

The juvenile court has been subject to increasing criticism over the years, particularly with regard to its handling of delinquency cases. This is in part the result of an inaccurate view of the court as primarily a criminal court that adjudicates crimes committed by children. This article proposes an alternative model for the court, one that encompasses its jurisdiction over dependency and sta...

The juvenile court judge occupies a unique position. Like all other judges, the juvenile court judge must apply the law to resolve a dispute. For juvenile court judges handling abuse and neglect cases, however, the law requires a new type of role. The judge must monitor whether child welfare agencies have provided services to individual children and families sufficient to comply with federal an...

Evaluated the effectiveness of juvenile drug court for 161 juvenile offenders meeting diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence and determined whether the integration of evidence-based practices enhanced the outcomes of juvenile drug court. Over a 1-year period, a four-condition randomized design evaluated outcomes for family court with usual community services, drug court with usua...

© 2008 Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Blackwell Publishing Inc M lden, USA FCRE amily Court Review 1531-2445 744 1617 © Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 2008 XXX Original Article Kelly et al. / DIF ERENTIATION AMONG TYPES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AMILY COURT REVIEW DIFFERENTIATION AMONG TYPES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: RESEARCH UPDATE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INT...

The topic assigned for discussion in this paper is happily ambiguous. "Spiritual Values" may be interpreted as referring to religious teachings; but the term may equally refer to broad considerations of a purely social character. First of all, it is here recorded that many millions of American citizens hold firmly to a purely religious judgment concerning the evils of divorce. They read the nin...