Interviewed 30 noncustodial fathers with regard to their satisfaction with the amount and quality of visitation. Results showed greater involvement than fathers in previous studies in the regularity of child support payments and visitation and also demonstrated the influence of continuing ex-spouse interaction on the father's postdivorce…

Approaches divorce from a combined family systems, individual life cycle and stage theory of development perspective. Recommends that therapy encompass interventions that are likely to be the most effective in the various stages rather than be a rigid adherence to one dogma. Several illustrative case vignettes are presented. (JAC)

Reports the findings of a study designed to provide an in-depth analysis of the postseparation period. Data revealed two separate but overlapping adjustments--to the dissolution of the marriage, and to setting up a new life-style. Four hypotheses were also examined. (Author)

This paper comprises a survey of ten years of judicial interpretation of the 1968 reforming legislation and seeks to explain the demands for further change in the law of divorce and the acceptance of those demands by the federal and provincial governments. (Author)

Discusses study investigating the development and establishment of the spousal subsystem in remarriage following divorce. Analyzed interviews of 10 remarried couples. As the tasks of the early period of remarriage were completed, each spousal subsystem gradually experienced a recoupling process, that is, perceived the occurrence of an emotional…

Considers the impact of an adult child's divorce on his or her parents. Within the context of a cybernetic circular systems model of conceptualization about family relations, it is posited that older parents' reactions impact upon their childrens' post-divorce readjustment. (Author/NRB)

Reviews the mid- and later-life divorce literature in the context of two currently popular theories of divorce. Finds tentative support for the theories as they apply to mid- and later-life divorce. Gives particular reference to the need for more rigorous empirical testing of mid- and later-life divorce models. (Author/ABB)

Discusses the role of the therapist in co-mediation of a divorce with a lawyer. Includes lawyer's expectations, differences from couple therapy, couples' expectations, kinds of appropriate and effective interventions, and creative mediation techniques. Demonstrates how two professionals can build a satisfying professional relationship. (Author/ABL)

This article examines the social conditions that bring about changes in divorce law and behavior. Modernization was found to have an important effect on divorce patterns, but, depending on other social variables, it may make divorce easier or more difficult. (Author)

Examined prevalence of midlife transition and role of midlife crisis in divorce etiology among 28 divorce support group participants. Findings support reality of midlife transition for most participants and salience of midlife crisis as factor in divorce. Subjects were significantly more likely to perceive spouse's, rather than their own, midlife…

Describes common characteristics of 13 cases in which one marital partner initiated therapy because the other partner was undecided about continuing their marriage. Initiating clients wanted their marriages to continue even if they were unrewarding and saw themselves as helpless victims. Clients who could turn their attention from the ambivalent…

Three boys, aged 4-7, wanted to be feminine and dressed in women's clothes following a difficult divorce with custody and visitation strife. In brief psychotherapy, gender seemed related to issues of loss and aggression. On followup, all three were symptomatically improved. Gender disturbance symptom in boys may come about as regressive reaction…

Examines reasons for hiring a divorce attorney, the attorney selection process, and client evaluations of their attorneys. Sixty-six men and women, who were parents of at least one minor child, indicated that they learned about their divorce attorney through a personal recommendation, and hired the first and only lawyer whom they consulted.…

Surveyed 157 divorced parents to assess phases of emotional adjustment following divorce. Findings provided no evidence to suggest that particular dimensions of emotional adjustment represent challenges unique to particular stages of divorce. The intensity and the duration of emotional challenges were affected by a number of intervening variables.…

Compared grief or adjustment in 114 divorced adults who have remarried or remained single, including males without live-in children, females with children, and females without children. The Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale and the Personal Orientation Inventory indicated no significant differences among the groups. (JAC)