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FAMILY COURT ASSESSMENT:Dissolution of Marriage in Florida—Preliminary Assessment Findings
Author(s) -
Williams Sondra,
Buckingham Sharon
Publication year - 2001
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/j.174-1617.2001.tb00602.x
Subject(s) - family court , referral , supreme court , law , case management , tracking (education) , political science , psychology , business , medicine , process management , family medicine , pedagogy
To obtain the empirical data necessary for the development of an effective family court case management model, staff from Florida's Office of the State Courts Administrator undertook a comprehensive assessment of (a) the movement of dissolution of marriage cases through the court system, (b) the factors affecting case flow and time frames, and (c) the system's responsiveness to the families and children it serves. Findings from this study are guiding the Florida Supreme Court's Family Court Steering Committee in its efforts to design an effective case management system that includes intake and referral, differentiated case management and tracking, case monitoring, and alternative dispute resolution.