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Mediating child custody disputes : a strategic approach / Donald T. Saposnek.

by Saposnek, Donald T.

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San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1998.

Custody of children -- United States.

Family mediation -- United States.

0787940518 (pbk. : alk. paper)

xvii, 394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

A new and rev. ed.

Perspectives on child custody mediation. Mediation as a cooperative problem-solving approach -- The needs of children through divorce -- Attitudes and skills needed for effective mediation -- The strategic approach : Aikido as a model for mediation -- Structuring the mediation process. Beginning mediation : setting the context for negotiations -- Phases of mediation : from gathering information to reaching agreements -- Drafting the mediation agreement -- Strategies used by children, parents, and mediators. How children contribute to custody disputes -- Parents' motives and methods in custody disputes -- Strategies for eliciting cooperation between parents -- Skills and techniques for managing conflict -- Two case studies. Case study 1 : a less complex case -- Case study 2 : a more complex case -- Challenges and professional issues -- Special circumstances affecting mediation -- Ethics, values, and morals in mediation -- Making mediation work : recommendations for mediators, attorneys, and judges.

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