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Faster and as Satisfying: An Evaluation of Alaska's Early Resolution Triage Program
Author(s) -
Marz Stacey
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/fcre.12441
Subject(s) - disposition , triage , representation (politics) , resolution (logic) , process (computing) , intervention (counseling) , fast track , psychology , computer science , applied psychology , operations research , operations management , process management , social psychology , law , political science , medicine , artificial intelligence , engineering , psychiatry , surgery , politics , operating system
The Alaska Court Early Resolution Program (ERP) addresses many issues – self‐representation in divorce and custody cases, triaging to determine the appropriate resolution approach, the importance of early intervention and the desire to use a simplified process and a problem‐solving approach. This article reports on an evaluation of the Anchorage ERP. It found different outcomes for ERP cases that settled than comparable cases that proceeded on the regular trial process track with respect to the following outcomes: time to disposition, number of staff processing steps and associated completion time, and number of motions to modify filed within two years of the disposition.