DIVORCE WITHOUT THE DEVASTATION BY: VICTORIA SMITH* The traditional process of ending a marriage can be financially and emotionally ruinous. Not so with collaborative practice. There’s no getting around it – divorce is painful and expensive. But it doesn’t have to be messy and financially ruinous. Collaborative Practice is a new way to resolve separation […]
Published in the Summer 2011 edition of Psychologica (OACCPP). Making Separation Simpler Daryl Landau The legal process for marital separation is expensive, slow, and damaging to families. However, past attempts to overhaul the family justice system made little headway. Now, at long last, Ontario has taken some steps in that direction. The reforms announced by […]
FAMILY MEDIATION NEWS: MEDIATION & COLLABORATIVE LAW: A PROMISING PARTNERSHIP Dr. Barbara Landau I came to mediation with a passion that has not been extinguished. In the early 1970’s, as Senior Psychologist at the Family Court, I couldn’t understand why the courts used an adversarial approach, since cooperation between the parties was the desired end […]
COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW: AN OXYMORON OR A STROKE OF GENIUS? Barbara Landau, Psychologist, Lawyer, Mediator, Trainer President, Cooperative Solutions There is an exciting development in Family Law that has spread to Ontario via the US and Western provinces. I am speaking about a non-adversarial option for separating or divorcing couples that blends the skills of mediation, […]
Collaborative Law, Collaborative Divorce & Collaborative Mediation: Building Cooperation between Professionals and Separating Spouses Dr. Barbara Landau Fall, 2002 President, Cooperative Solutions This paper will highlight three relatively new choices to assist separating couples: Collaborative Family Law (CFL) , Collaborative Divorce and Collaborative Mediation. For mediators, the Collaborative Mediation model in particular, promises to blend the best […]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POLICY: LESSONS STILL TO BE LEARNED Barbara Landau & Niki Landau We are writing in response to a recent report entitled “Abused Women in Family Mediation: A Nova Scotia Snapshot”. This report consists of the narrative stories of 34 women interviewed individually, as well as 59 women who participated in discussion/focus groups. These […]
ADR Youth Initiative: Strategies for Resolving Conflicts in Schools and Communities Dr. Barbara Landau, Leslie H. Macleod, & Daryl Landau An exciting initiative has been launched by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario. We are planning to involve students in a dialogue on the benefits of interest-based conflict resolution, […]
WHAT ROLE, IF ANY, SHOULD CHILDREN HAVE WHEN PARENTS SEPARATE? Dr. Barbara Landau, Cooperative Solutions September, 2006 One of the most frequently asked question is “Should children have a voice when parents separate and are working out Parenting Plans?” This issue is raised when parents are participating in mediation and/or collaborative practice. I can anticipate […]
“Should we stay together for the sake of the kids? If so, how long?” The answer is, “It depends.” This is a complicated question, but one that thoughtful parents often ask. Parents worry that their decision to separate will harm children emotionally, socially, and academically. However, the potential harm of separating depends on the reasons […]
“I’m starting to dread my stepchildren’s weekend visits (they’re 10 and 12). They’re supposed to help with chores, but never do unless I nag. My husband ‘just wants to enjoy their visits,’ so he doesn’t want to be the one to get after them. So either I nag, or my husband and I do all […]
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