Divorce Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography-Evaluating Divorce

ENGL 111-07

Prof. Eldridge

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

An Evaluation of Divorce and the Effects it has on Parents and Children

Half of all marriages end in divorce. When children are involved the process of divorce

becomes more difficult. Should married couple try to work out their problems for the sake of their children? Should they work things out for the sake of their marriage? Conflict between parents is usually present when divorce is considered. Does this effect children in a negative way? Is it better to end the marriage or subject the children to arguing and negative feelings between parents? Should couples stay together even when miserable? Some think that there are mixed results to these questions.
(American Psychological Assoc.).
References. Holtzworth-Monroe, A., Applegate, A.G., D 'Onofrio, B., & Bates, J. (2010). Child Informed Mediation Study (CIMS): Incorporating the Children 's perspective into divorce mediation in an American pilot study. Journal of Family Studies 16(2), 116-129. The writers of Child Informed Mediation Study uses the child 's perspective towards divorce. "After divorce children do better when there is less parental conflict. (Particularly in front of the children or about the children.)" There are four credible authors that contributed to this article. Bates, Holtzworth-Munroe, and D 'Onofrio are all from the Department of Psychological and Brian Sciences Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Applegate, another writer, is from Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
(American Psychological Assoc.). References. Jolivet, K. (2011). The Psychological Impact of Divorce on Children: What is a Family Lawyer to do?. American Journal of Family Law, 25(4),
175-183. Kendra Randall Jolivet (2011) writes in detail about divorce from a child/parent 's perspective. She discusses the risk factors and the effects that it can cause. One focus that drew me to her article was pre-divorce awareness. She states that "at least one sociologist believes that the most harm to a child 's mental health happens in the years before parents divorce. Dr. Lisa Strohschein suggests that staying together for the sake of the kids is not always the right choice." Children usually witness some of the bad moments of the marriage between parents. The author is a partner in the law firm Randall & Sonnier, LLC. They practice child advocacy, family law, and civil litigation regularly. She was also named one of Maryland 's top 100 women in 2010 by The Daily Record.
Ducanto, J.N. (2013). Why do Marriages Fail?. American Journal of Family Law, 28(4), 237-239. Ducanto (2013) discusses the reasons why marriages fail. He views divorce in the present and in the past. Many things can cause divorce. Some examples being boredom, life changes, personality changes and the presence of another man or woman. Ducanto (2013) is an attorney and partner in the Chicago law firm of Schiller, Ducanto & Fleck, a firm that limits its practice to family law and has recently been named the number one family law firm in the United States by Best Lawyers in America. His stance on divorce is that it 's worth it to try and remedy the relationship but sometimes it is beyond repair.
Favaro, Peter J. Smart Parenting During and After Divorce. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Print Favaro (2009) has two years experience helping parents with children get through divorce. He was a court-appointed expert, custody evaluator, mediator, and therapist in more than six thousand cases over twenty-two years. He looks at different conflicts between parents and communication that benefits the children of divorce. He also discusses how to conduct yourself in the child 's presence when dealing with your ex spouse. He states, "Most parents know that the quality of their relationship with one another during and after the divorce process will influence the psychological adjustment of their children, but often they forget it."