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FAMILY/CHILD JUDICIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION (JDR)
Author(s) -
Flatters Nancy A.
Publication year - 2003
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.174-1617.2003.tb00883.x
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , family court , dispute resolution , law , welfare , political science , family law , alternative dispute resolution , resolution (logic) , best interests , psychology , sociology , business , computer science , finance , artificial intelligence , payment
This article outlines the Pilot Project in Pre‐trial Judicial Settlement Conferencing in Family and Child Welfare/Protection Matters, which was designed and implemented by the authors, The Honourable Judge Nancy A. Flatters of the Provincial Court of Alberta, Family and Youth Court, at Calgary. The article also outlines the basis, rationale, and development underlying this emerging nontraditional judicial approach to the resolution of these disputes and the resulting settlement outcomes.