{"id":14152,"date":"2019-01-06T06:13:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T06:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=14152"},"modified":"2019-01-06T06:19:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T06:19:44","slug":"dvam-high%e2%80%90conflict-contact-disputes-evidence-of-the-extreme-unreliability-of-some-childrens-ascertainable-wishes-and-feelings-family-court-review-an-interdisciplinary-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/dvam-high%e2%80%90conflict-contact-disputes-evidence-of-the-extreme-unreliability-of-some-childrens-ascertainable-wishes-and-feelings-family-court-review-an-interdisciplinary-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"[DVAM] HIGH\u2010CONFLICT CONTACT DISPUTES: EVIDENCE OF THE EXTREME UNRELIABILITY OF SOME CHILDREN'S ASCERTAINABLE WISHES AND FEELINGS - Family Court Review | An Interdisciplinary Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

This research paper's findings speak for themselves. It was authored by \"a child psychiatrist who acts as an expert witness within the family courts of England & Wales<\/em><\/strong>\".<\/p>\n

Here's an excerpt from his conclusion that I found powerfully compelling, and highly noteworthy:<\/h3>\n

\"<\/em><\/strong>I conclude that courts might exercise caution when evaluating the views of children and young people in this situation, and emphasises that assessors should consider including at least one observation of the child at a prolonged visit to the NRP. Because of the new orthodoxy some parents may be tempted to misuse their child's right to a \u201cvoice\u201d in court in order to achieve their own ends. Practitioners who advise courts may need to be more aware of these difficulties<\/em>\" -\u00a0Kirk Weir, Child Psychiatrist and Author of the Reviewed Paper<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I preview\/link to it below, as a follow up to the preceding recommended article that discusses \"when kids lie, why they lie etc (which is also linked to at the bottom of the page\".<\/p>\n

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HIGH\u2010CONFLICT CONTACT DISPUTES: EVIDENCE OF THE EXTREME UNRELIABILITY OF SOME CHILDREN'S ASCERTAINABLE WISHES AND FEELINGS<\/a><\/h2>\n
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by Kirk Weir<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Abstract<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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This article challenges an increasing orthodoxy regarding the weight which courts might place upon the expressed views of children in a specific situation\u2014high\u2010conflict contact disputes. I am a child psychiatrist who acts as an expert witness within the family courts of England & Wales. I have conducted a statistical analysis of cases in which I have conducted assessments of children caught in such disputes between their separated parents.<\/p>\n

Fifty\u2010eight children met the criteria for inclusion in the study\u2014the child's consistent opposition to contact with the non resident parent (NRP), despite the court having determined that there was no good reason to constrain contact.<\/p>\n

My assessment routinely included attempted observation of the child at a visit with the NRP. Despite their stated views most children had a positive experience in those visits that took place, and despite the fact that most had not seen the NRP for a long time. Overall there was a statistical association between increased resistance to contact and the greater age of the child and the longer the time during which no contact had occurred.<\/p>\n

However, the responses of children and young people were unpredictable and it was impossible to conclude that apparent maturity or intelligence was a guide to the reliability of their expressed resistance. The possible reasons for this unreliability are discussed.<\/p>\n

I emphasize that my sample of children is unusual as many of the cases had involved serious, though unfounded, allegations of abuse. In addition most of the children showed indications of having become \u201calienated\u201d from the NRP.<\/p>\n

I conclude that courts might exercise caution when evaluating the views of children and young people in this situation, and emphasises that assessors should consider including at least one observation of the child at a prolonged visit to the NRP. Because of the new orthodoxy some parents may be tempted to misuse their child's right to a \u201cvoice\u201d in court in order to achieve their own ends. Practitioners who advise courts may need to be more aware of these difficulties.<\/p>\n

Continue reading...<\/p>\n

https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/j.1744-1617.2011.01414.x<\/a><\/p>\n

\"pa-kids-unreliable\"<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Related Resource<\/h3>\n

[DVAM] When children lie and why they lie and why people who work with separated families should know that they lie and why<\/a><\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY FACEBOOK ADVOCACY PAGE AND READ MORE ABOUT DVAM + HOW TO IDENTIFY\/STOP IT<\/a><\/h1>\n
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DVAM =\u00a0Domestic Violence Against Men \u2013 Ideas for Identifying & Stopping It<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This research paper's findings speak for themselves. It was authored by \"a child psychiatrist who acts as an expert witness within the family courts of England & Wales\". Here's an excerpt from his conclusion that I found powerfully compelling, and highly noteworthy: \"I conclude that courts might exercise caution when evaluating the views of children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2852,1375,266,814,87],"tags":[3442],"class_list":["post-14152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-violence-against-men-dvam","category-excel-vb-solutions","category-my-dn-travel-news","category-my-ideas-for-making-nigeria-better","category-parenting","tag-dvam-highconflict-contact-disputes-evidence-of-the-extreme-unreliability-of-some-childrens-ascertainable-wishes-and-feelings-family-court-review-an-interdisciplinary-journal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":652,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14156,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14152\/revisions\/14156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}