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2001
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Additional research reports on issues related to families and children can be found on the Research and Statistics Web Site.
- Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations on Custody, Access and Child Support in Canada
- Working together, federal, provincial and territorial governments initiated a consultation process in April 2001 to give Canadians the opportunity to share their views with governments on custody, access and child support issues. (November 2001)
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- Licence Suspension and Denial: Overview of a New Mechanism for Child Support Enforcement
- () (CSR-2001-1E) by Sharon Moyer.
This report examines the various licence denial and suspension programs in place across the United States and Canada that encourage compliance with child support orders. The types of licences examined for the study include drivers' licences, occupational licences and passports. (September 2001) - An Analysis of Options for Changes in the Legal Regulation of Child Custody and Access
- ( ) (2001-FCY-2E) by Brenda Cossman.
Separation and divorce are tumultuous for children, as their parents struggle to restructure their parenting relationship. Legal conflicts over parenting arrangements can be protracted and bitter. Increasing public attention has been directed to the question of whether the current legal regime is up to the task of facilitating the restructuring of parental relationships following separation and divorce in a way that promotes the best interests of children. The objective of this research paper is to evaluate three options for reform. Option one works within the current language of custody and access. Option two proposes a neutral model of parenting responsibility and parenting orders. Option three is based on a model of shared parenting. (August 2001) - Overview and Assessment of Approaches to Access Enforcement
- ( ) (2001-FCY-8E) by Dr. Martha Bailey.
The purpose of this project was to produce a comparative review of legal approaches to the problem of enforcement of access orders, and to investigate and analyze Canadian case law and legislation. (August 2001) - The Early Identification and Streaming of Cases of High Conflict Separation and Divorce: A Review
- ( ) (2001-FCY-7E) by Ron Stewart, MSW.
This paper, based on a comprehensive review of the literature, plus a series of interviews with clinicians and researchers who work with divorced families, identifies a series of risk factors that contribute to negative outcomes for many children whose parents separate and divorce. One of the risk factors for children frequently identified in studies of divorce is increased or high conflict between parents. This review summarizes the difficulties found in many other studies that try to clearly define high conflict divorces. Despite these difficulties, the research review identifies the behavioural, emotional and environmental factors most frequently connected with high conflict divorce. (July 2001)
