The role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigation

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dc.contributor.advisorDowdall, Terenceen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLandman, Mireille M F Jen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T04:24:10Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T04:24:10Z
dc.date.issued1983en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 189-208.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTwo elements have been isolated as having a profound effect on the adjustment of children and families to post-divorce life. These are the hostility expressed and experienced before, during and after the divorce, and the losses experienced as a result of the final settlement terms. Based on a review of the historical development of family law and the more recent reforms adopted throughout the Western World, the present shortfalls of the South African system of family law in providing for the needs of children and families in divorce have been identified. A model of dissolution is presented which aims primarily at the reduction of the hostility and loss thus experienced. This includes the evaluation and updating of the 'best interests' standard used by the courts for arriving at custody/access settlements and a detailed discussion of the role played by the mental health professional at each stage of the dissolution process. The roles explored here include that of counsellor and facilitator in the pre-divorce, mediation and post-divorce stages; and the role of investigator/consultant and expert witness in the court process.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLandman, M. M. F. J. (1983). <i>The role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigation</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15800en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLandman, Mireille M F J. <i>"The role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigation."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1983. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15800en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLandman, M. 1983. The role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigation. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Landman, Mireille M F J AB - Two elements have been isolated as having a profound effect on the adjustment of children and families to post-divorce life. These are the hostility expressed and experienced before, during and after the divorce, and the losses experienced as a result of the final settlement terms. Based on a review of the historical development of family law and the more recent reforms adopted throughout the Western World, the present shortfalls of the South African system of family law in providing for the needs of children and families in divorce have been identified. A model of dissolution is presented which aims primarily at the reduction of the hostility and loss thus experienced. This includes the evaluation and updating of the 'best interests' standard used by the courts for arriving at custody/access settlements and a detailed discussion of the role played by the mental health professional at each stage of the dissolution process. The roles explored here include that of counsellor and facilitator in the pre-divorce, mediation and post-divorce stages; and the role of investigator/consultant and expert witness in the court process. DA - 1983 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1983 T1 - The role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigation TI - The role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15800 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15800
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLandman MMFJ. The role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigation. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1983 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15800en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigationen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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