By making the husband and wife legal adversaries, the traditional divorce process only reinforces and escalates anger and distrust. In contrast, mediation employs principles of cooperation and conflict resolution. A description of family mediation is provided and includes guidelines for deciding issues about money and children. (Author)

Divorce rates in North America have increased sharply during the last century. Though this fact may best be understood as the result of many factors, one of them is the law. This paper provides a brief history of Canadian divorce laws and their relationship to divorce rates. (Author)

Discusses a no lose approach to custody battles, wherein parents are helped to negotiate and create their own custody and visitation arrangements. The process, its strengths, and problems, and the parents' evaluative comments are discussed. (Author)

Counseling processes utilized by the Santa Clara County Conciliation Court in resolving litigated visitation and custody disputes are described. The practical and salutary features of this court-oriented program are set forth. (Author)

The failure of family life is traced to its complex dependence on the capitalist corporate order and the particular sex-based division of labor that is a product of that order. Particular emphasis is given to the woman's special responsibility for the emotional life of her spouse and children. (Author)

The lawyer and counselor as an interdisciplinary team can inform the client as to complicating post-divorce problems as well as methods commonly used to conserve and effectively utilize the funds available. Thus the woman proceeds with full knowledge of the financial consequences and hazards of divorce. (Author)

This article contains recommendations for the integration of knowledge and competence from the fields of family law, marriage counseling, judicial administration, and eugenics. The goal is to find ways to minimize marital trauma and thereby improve the quality of family life. (Author)

A consideration of legal rights and obligations, together with an effort to effectively handle these rights prior to and during marriage will relieve present and future anxieties and tensions. Parties should consider the antenuptual agreement, as well as partitions of property during marriage. (Author)

This paper proposes that a National Center for the Study of Divorce be established and presents a possible organizational structure for such a body. (Author)

The authors present a model designed to facilitate counseling with preadolescent children whose parents are experiencing a divorce. The model, based on a standard loss model, is followed by techniques used in helping the child work through each phase of his feeling regarding the divorce. (Author)

It is extremely important that attorneys who handle divorce cases; (a) realize that there are psychological as well as legal factors to the termination of marital contracts; and (b) attend to these factors as they process these cases. (Author)