LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF A COURT-BASED INTERVENTION FOR DIVORCING PARENTS |
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| Authors: | Laurie Kramer Amanda Kowal |
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| Institution: | Laurie Kramer, Ph.D. is an associate professor of applied family studies in the Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.;Amanda Kowal is a postdoctoral fellow in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated whether participation in an educational program for divorcing parents is associated with a lower incidence of relitigating divorce-related decisions over time. A systematic review of court records indicated that couples who attended this program (n = 159) in central Illinois were just as likely as those in the control group (n = 43) to relitigate over a 6-year period. Furthermore, county-wide rates of relitigation increased from 2 years before to 3 years after the program's introduction. However, reports obtained from participating families suggest that the program may serve an important function for families in which there is a high risk of triangulating children into postdivorce conflict. |
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