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The voice of the child in private family law proceedings : findings from a reconnaissance of Anglo-Irish child-related divorce legislation / Mervyn Murch with Geraldine Keehan.

Title
The voice of the child in private family law proceedings : findings from a reconnaissance of Anglo-Irish child-related divorce legislation / Mervyn Murch with Geraldine Keehan.
Author
Murch, Mervyn.
Publication
Bristol [England] : Family Law, 2003.

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Keehan, Geraldine.
Description
vi, 122 p. : ill.; 30 cm.
Summary
"A unique comparative study examining the way English and Irish law addresses the needs of children whose parents separate and divorce. The views of practitioners from both countries are reported and contrasted with what is known of children's own experiences. The study considers the problems that lawyers have when thinking about and dealing with children and it raises practice and policy questions suggesting that although both countries may be converging in developing their private law concerning children, they are bound to take account of important differences in the cultural and political context within which their provisions are framed."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Domestic relations > England
  • Domestic relations > Wales
  • Domestic relations > Ireland
  • Divorce > Law and legislation > England
  • Divorce > Law and legislation > Wales
  • Divorce > Law and legislation > Ireland
  • Parent and child (Law) > England
  • Parent and child (Law) > Wales
  • Parent and child (Law) > Ireland
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. The nature of the study -- Ch. 2. Setting the scene -- Ch. 3. Information and support for children when parents separate and divorce -- Ch. 4. Differential use of the welfare check -- private ordering or judicial inquisition -- Ch. 5. Giving children a voice in proceedings: welfare reports and the appointment of guardians ad litem -- Ch. 6. Mediation and forensic child and family psychiatry -- Ch. 7. 'New' thinking for changing needs -- Ch. 8. Pointers to the future -- App. 1. Statement of arrangements for children -- App. 2. An Chuirt Chuarda -- App. 3. Parenting plan.
ISBN
0853088500
LCCN
^^2004444601
OCLC
  • 52505349
  • SCSB-10040417
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library