Family Law

Durable Solutions

By Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe
Family Law LexisNexis March 2006

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781846610035
Publisher
Family Law LexisNexis
Publication
March 2006
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Durable Solutions is the result of the 2005 Interdisciplinary Conference held at Dartington Hall.


The conference assembled a uniquely qualified group of contributors, drawn from the many professions involved in the resolution of child welfare problems. This book brings together their papers and offers both theoretical background and practical experience aimed at ensuring that solutions work for children in the long-term.
The book examines the latest thinking on:
  • Court experiences and development outcomes
  • Models for achieving successful agreed and ordered outcomes in private law cases
  • Gender, parenting and the courts
  • Contact in private and public law cases - managing two or more families
  • Permanence for looked after children
  • The way forward - ideas for action

Table of Contents

PLENARY 1: COURT EXPERIENCES AND DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES 
  • The impact of the court process. What do the children tell us? 
    Dr Judith Trowell
  • The separate representation of children - in whose best interests? 
    Professor Gillian Douglas
  • A father's experience of care proceedings 
    Adam Phillips
PLENARY 2: SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS 
PLENARY 3: MODELS FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESSFUL AGREED AND ORDERED OUTCOMES IN PRIVATE LAW CASES 
  • In-court conciliation: brief encounter or permanent resolution? 
    Liz Trinder
  • Mediating parental disputes about their children inside and outside the court process: assessing parents' and children's wishes and attachments in private law 
    Gill Gorrell-Barnes
  • Early interventions: an alternative to contact disputes in private law family proceedings 
    Nicholas Crichton
  • Working with difficult couples in the family justice system 
    Dr Christopher Clulow
PLENARY 4: GENDER, PARENTING AND THE COURTS 
  • Mothers and fathers 
    Katherine Gieve
  • Father-child relationships and children's development: A key to durable solutions? 
    Professor Charlie Lewis
  • Parenting disputes, gender conflict and the courts
    Professor Carol Smart
PLENARY 5: CONTACT IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LAW CASES: MANAGING TWO OR MORE FAMILIES 
  • Contact and children's well being in private and public law 
    Dr Danya Glaser
  • Contact with non-resident parents after separation and divorce 
    Joan Hunt
  • Contact with non-resident fathers: children's and parents' views 
    Professor Judy Dunn
  • Making decisions about contact in foster care and adoption: promoting security and managing risk 
    Dr Gillian Schofield
  • Thinking the unthinkable: the implications of research on women and children in relation to domestic violence 
    Dr Cathy Humphreys
PLENARY 6: PERMANENCE FOR LOOKED-AFTER CHILDREN 
  • Using international comparisons to reflect on permanence options for children in out-of-home care in the UK 
    Professor June Thoburn CBE
  • Whose Care Plan is it Anyway? 
    David Spicer
  • The role of the independent reviewing officer - a practitioner's view 
    Amanda Checkley
  • Permanence for looked-after children 
    Paul Clark
PLENARY 7: SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS 
PLENARY 8: HELPING TO ENSURE SOLUTIONS WORK FOR CHILDREN IN THE LONGER TERM 
  • Adoptive parents and children - support from placement to adulthood 
    John Simmonds
  • The draft Children and Adoption Bill 
    Lord Justice Wall
  • The policy context 
    Bruce Clark
PLENARY 9
  • Small group discussions: plenary 8
  • Issues raised in small groups and discussions
  • The conclusion of the conference

About the Author

Edited by the Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe and Rosemary Budden with contributions from leading experts from a range of relevant disciplines.

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