Tag Archives: domestic violence

Is Mediation ever appropriate in Cases involving Domestic Violence

Posted on October 22, 2010 by dialogicmediation

From a September 28 post in Karl Bayer’s blog, Disputing: A recent article in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism entitled “Moving Out of the 1990s: An Argument for Updating Protocol on Divorce Mediation in Domestic Abuse Cases,” 22 … Continue reading →

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Call for Canadian Dementia Strategy

Posted on October 14, 2010 by dialogicmediation

A while back, a Canadian suffering from Alzheimer’s disease became a cause célèbre when it was learned that he had spent 30-days in jail before a bed was found in a long-term care facility. He landed in jail … Continue reading →

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Casualties from Wars of Words

Posted on April 30, 2009 by dialogicmediation

Elizabeth Cooney this past Monday in the Boston Globe on the effects family arguments have on children: There is new evidence that family arguing leaves a long-lasting imprint on children, diminishing their future happiness and ability to prosper in the … Continue reading →

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Polygamy & the FLDS

Posted on February 24, 2009 by dialogicmediation

Further to my post, Polygamy & Human Rights, I received a link to a trailer of the film, Banking on Heaven, from Laurie Allen. She produced, narrated and wrote this insider’s look at the largest polygamous enclave in the U.S., … Continue reading →

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Parental Alienation Syndrome

Posted on January 30, 2009 by dialogicmediation

Barbara Kay has a strongly-worded column in Full Comment, the National Post‘s blog, on a recent family law decision awarding sole custody of three daughters to the father. The “persistent and overwhelming” campaign by the mother over the course of … Continue reading →

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Polygamy & Human Rights

Posted on January 8, 2009 by dialogicmediation

Section 293 of the Canadian Criminal Code states: 293. (1) Every one who (a) practises or enters into or in any manner agrees or consents to practise or enter into (i) any form of polygamy, or (ii) any kind of … Continue reading →

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“First battered at home and then by the State”

Posted on October 31, 2008 by dialogicmediation

In today’s Times of London, Camilla Cavendish has a column entitled, “First battered at home and then by the State”. It’s about a specific case involving a woman victim of domestic violence. The abusive ex-husband won custody of their boy … Continue reading →