A second revised edition of this text, originally published in 1984. The author shows professionals working with divorcing families how to resolve custody disputes fairly and efficiently, without protracted courtroom battles, demonstrating ways of co-operating and negotiating that will reduce tensions and help arrive at a final mediation agreement.
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"This book should be required reading for anyone who is beginning to mediate child custody disputes." (Mediation News)
"The best book now available focused on the custody mediation process." (The Alternative Newsletter)
"The seminal work in systems theory applied to mediation, this will be invaluable to all practicing mediators as well as other professionals involved in custody disputes."
"This revised book is a gem. Saposnek's compassionate, ethical, and strategic approach is carefully balanced with an in-depth knowledge of families-- essential reference." (Janet R. Johnston, executive director, Judith Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition, associate professor, Administration for Justice Department, San Jose State University)
"Don Saposnek, one of the fellow pioneers in mediating child custody disputes, has completely updated his classic work. This new edition contains valuable new case material gleaned over twenty years of mediating these disputes. Many authors have written about mediation, but few have the depth and breadth of experience of Don Saposnek." (Hugh McIsaac, director, Family Court Services, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland, Oregon)
"This classic guide has been thoroughly updated and enhanced. It is a must read for those becoming custody mediators and a helpful reference for experienced mediators." (Jay Folberg, dean and professor of law, University of San Francisco School of Law and co-author, Divorce Mediation, Joint Custody and Shared Parenting, and Mediation) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"The best book now available focused on the custody mediation process." (The Alternative Newsletter)
"The seminal work in systems theory applied to mediation, this will be invaluable to all practicing mediators as well as other professionals involved in custody disputes."
"This revised book is a gem. Saposnek's compassionate, ethical, and strategic approach is carefully balanced with an in-depth knowledge of families-- essential reference." (Janet R. Johnston, executive director, Judith Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition, associate professor, Administration for Justice Department, San Jose State University)
"Don Saposnek, one of the fellow pioneers in mediating child custody disputes, has completely updated his classic work. This new edition contains valuable new case material gleaned over twenty years of mediating these disputes. Many authors have written about mediation, but few have the depth and breadth of experience of Don Saposnek." (Hugh McIsaac, director, Family Court Services, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland, Oregon)
"This classic guide has been thoroughly updated and enhanced. It is a must read for those becoming custody mediators and a helpful reference for experienced mediators." (Jay Folberg, dean and professor of law, University of San Francisco School of Law and co-author, Divorce Mediation, Joint Custody and Shared Parenting, and Mediation) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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"The seminal work in systems theory applied to mediation, this will be invaluable to all practicing mediators as well as other professionals involved in custody disputes."—Library Journal
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This is for the people I have to face. I am more aware of what they should be doing, but how do I move them into the right direction if we are assigned someone who hasent't read this book.
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ALL TOO OFTEN, modern arbiters of child custody do not encounter parents of such self-sacrificing conscience and must resort to and rely on the procedures of legal justice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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ALL TOO OFTEN, modern arbiters of child custody do not encounter parents of such self-sacrificing conscience and must resort to and rely on the procedures of legal justice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aikido image, reuniting strategies, mediator deflects, reuniting strategy, aikidoist moves, mandatory mediation law, mediator proceeds, power assertion strategy, next mediation session, first mediation session, postdivorce parenting arrangements, entering mediation, child custody mediation, share joint legal custody, coparenting arrangements, brief strategic therapy, one ryo, family therapy perspectives, parenting plan, mediation agreement, sole legal custody, divorce professionals, retaliation strategies, divorce decision, mediation process Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Resolving the Case, Academy of Family Mediators, Carl Whitaker, Christmas Eve New!
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