In Part 1 of this article, I wrote about the effects conflict between parents can have on their children. In this part of the article, I’m going to talk about some steps parents can take to protect children from their conflict. First, the bad news. Children are commonly negatively affected when their parents separate. Separation […]
Conflict Between Parents, Part 2: Strategies to Reduce Conflict
September 8, 2017 By John-Paul Boyd
Conflict Between Parents, Part 1: The Effect of Conflict on Children
July 5, 2017 By John-Paul Boyd
When parents separate, they must find ways of answering a lot of difficult questions about how they will care for and manage their children. Where will the children live? How much time will each parent spend with them? How will decisions about the children be made? Who will pay child support, and how much will […]
Symposium on Children’s Participation in Justice Processes Coming to Calgary
May 15, 2017 By John-Paul Boyd
Canada and its provinces are signatories to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international treaty that requires governments to recognize children’s fundamental human rights. In particular, Article 12 of the Convention says that children must be given “the opportunity to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings” affecting them. Many […]
Obtaining Evidence in High Conflict Parenting Disputes, Part 4: Parenting Coordination
March 2, 2017 By John-Paul Boyd
In Part 2 of this series, Sarah Dargatz wrote briefly about parenting coordination, one of the interventions available in family law cases before the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench. In this article, the final part of this series, I will talk about how parenting coordination is used in British Columbia. It’s a bit misleading to […]
Obtaining Evidence in High Conflict Parenting Disputes, Part 3: Views of the Child Reports and Parenting Assessments
January 4, 2017 By John-Paul Boyd
In Part 1 of this series, Sarah Dargatz wrote about the use of children’s lawyers in high conflict family law disputes in Alberta. Sarah said that hiring a lawyer to represent a child can be an effective way to get information about the child’s views and preferences when the parents cannot agree. In Part 2, […]
