A Special Focus on Court-Affiliated Parent Education Programs: Parent Education Programs in Family Courts: Balancing Autonomy and State Intervention
By , February 8, 2012
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This article considers how court-connected parent education programs can assist parents to access dispute resolution processes that best suit their families’ needs, in a manner involving appropriately curtailed levels of state interference with parental autonomy. After reviewing traditionally accepted limits on state interference with family functioning, the increased concern for children’s emotional well-being, and data relating to one parent education program, the author concludes that providing mandatory basic level informational programs to all separating parents seeking access to the family law regime is a warranted level of state intervention.
