In high conflict cases involving custody, access and child support evidence of communications between the parties is often front and centre if the matter goes to court.
Collaborative practice may be appropriate for low, medium or even
high conflict cases where there are significant trust issues.
You are always encouraged to seek ongoing consultation with professionals in your geographic area for mutual learning in
handling high conflict cases.
A key point in that article was that some or even three of these criteria could be found
in high conflict cases of divorce and post divorce, and still not be parental alienation.
After many years of
handling high conflict cases and difficult child custody litigation, I started searching for a better way to help families during a time of disappointment, sadness and conflict.
Eldercaring coordination provides an alternative dispute resolution process specifically
for high conflict cases involving issues related to care of needs with the elderly.
Eldercaring Coordination is alternative dispute resolution specifically for
high conflict cases involving issues to the care and needs of elders.
Parenting coordination is appropriate for
high conflict cases dealing with child - related issues, such as when there is a high rate of litigation, especially concerning the implementation of a custody order or parenting plan; mediation has not been successful or has been deemed inappropriate; parents need assistance developing, modifying or implementing their parenting plan;...» (Fieldstone, et al, 2011).
We provide seminars, consultations, and coaching to organizations upon request, as well as providing our own seminars for any professional
facing high conflict cases or issues, mediators, mental health professionals, managers, human resource professionals, including attorneys, judges, mediators, mental health professionals, managers, human resource professionals, employee assistance professionals, ombudspersons, healthcare administrators, college administrators, and others.
This is great in itself but we are also seeing a significant increase in
high conflict cases which would usually have gone straight to the CMS, some of whom qualify for legal aid and free mediation but many of whom do not.
In
very high conflict cases, to avoid any hint of physical violence allegations between you and the other parent, do not physically transfer the children from one parent's arms to the other.
This method can be used in family court (as a requirement prior to the court making any decisions), mediation, collaborative divorce, pre-mediation coaching, or even post-divorce with the assistance of a Parenting Coordinator or
High Conflict Case Manager.
Judge Lowrance brings unique problem solving skills to even the
most high conflict cases, recognizing that successful breakup or divorce signals a changed relationship more often than simply an ended one.
Attentive to the sensitive nature of these disputes, our courts have attempted to carve out new and innovative ways to
diffuse high conflict cases.
In
high conflict cases where parents don't see eye to eye, where litigation is used, no matter what plan is ordered one of the parents is likely to be unhappy with it.
In my experience
with high conflict cases, mediation is usually not a useful approach at resolution of cases; the disordered or angry party will often refuse to participate in the mediation appropriately.
A guest post by Dr. Kristine Turner...
In high conflict cases where parents don't see eye to eye, where litigation is used, no matter what plan is ordered one of the parents is likely to be unhappy with it.
She has been appointed as a guardian ad litem by the Probate and Family Court and regularly serves as parent coordinator in
high conflict cases.
Parenting coordination provides an alternative dispute resolution process whereby an impartial third person called a parenting coordinator assists the parties in developing or implementing their parenting plan by facilitating the resolution of disputes in
high conflict cases, providing education and making recommendations to the parties, and, with the prior consent of the parties and approval of the court, making limited decisions within the scope of the order of referral.
Eldercaring Coordination assists the parties in developing or implementing a plan by facilitating the resolution of disputes in
high conflict cases, providing education and making recommendations to the parties, and, with the prior consent of the parties and approval of the court.
Nikki has extensive experience in the resolution of complex and
high conflict cases and regularly appears in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and has also successfully argued custody cases in our Court of Appeal.
In
this high conflict case, the appellant mother made extensive arguments on appeal, submitting:
High conflict cases may be driven by only one unreasonable parent or by both parents (and sometimes by very involved step - parents or extended family).
Andrea is currently organizing a multi-disciplinary symposium to explore how we can build on this research to improve the management of
these high conflict cases.
[83] For example, Justice David Aston, when he was Senior Family Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, spoke of the importance of case management in
all high conflict cases in «High Conflict Families: A Sampling of Ideas and Strategies for Judges» (Paper presented to the National Judicial Institute's High Conflict Custody Cases Seminar, July 2006)[unpublished]:
We need a system where we can stream out
the high conflict cases and deal with them immediately.
The importance of effective case management in
high conflict cases is supported by judges, legal academics, medical professionals, and lawyers.
The judge described this as
a high conflict case.
Unit 1: Coping with Stress Unit 2: Solving Co-Parenting Problems Unit 3: Avoid Over-Reacting Unit 4: Influencing Your Type of Co-Parent Unit 5: Extreme Behavior and the Effect on Your Child's Brain Unit 6: Raising Healthy Children Unit 7: Child Development Goals Unit 8: Parenting Schedules Unit 9: Using Professionals Unit 10: New Partners, New Families Unit 11: Handling Financial Issues Unit 12: How to Avoid Becoming a High Conflict Case
Eldercaring Coordination is a dispute resolution option specifically for
those high conflict cases involving issues related to the care and needs of elders.
In
high conflict cases, many professionals become focused on one or two events and exaggerate or minimize their significance.
By Andrew Feldstein Nicholas v. Herdman, 2015 Carswell 9262 (Ont SCJ): In
this high conflict case, the grandparents sought access to their granddaughter after a falling out... Read more