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How do you effectively parent children after divorce or separation?

In this video professionals talk. They know about emotional, legal, and practical issues related to co-parenting, parallel parenting and parenting of all sorts. We have studied the evidence on shared parenting. We deal with questions about co-parenting during a pandemic.

Brief bios for potential speakers: Prof. John M Clapp, Ph.D. is a social science researcher with long shared parenting experience and Chair of the Shared Parenting Council of Connecticut, incorporated under his guidance in 2002. Prof. Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D. is a biostatistician and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He has substantial experience with shared parenting. Maureen Martowska is a lawyer trained in mediation with extensive knowledge about co-parenting under the law. Erik Novoa is an entrepreneur who has experience with parallel parenting. Colleen O’Neil, MSW, M.Ed. is a trained educator, social worker, therapist, mediator and divorce coach. She has successfully implemented solutions for difficult post-divorce issues, most recently through her private practice in Westport, CT. 

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Do Connecticut courts encourage shared parenting?

Cindy Cartier, a lawyer who does divorce mediation, writes “In recent weeks, my phone has been ringing off the hook with folks interested in mediation over litigating their family law issues.  Upon inquiry, many of them are hearing of court cases where the Judges are...

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Shared Parenting Reduces Child Abuse And Neglect

Shared parenting reduces child abuse and neglect. Why? Abusers are identified up-front and denied shared parenting when courts are doing their job. Guardrails include protective orders, ex parte orders, child protective services, domestic violence (DV) counseling for...

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CT legislature must protect domestic abuse victims

When child abuse or neglect is reported, the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) investigates and evaluates it, and if necessary, they may remove the child from an abusive parent. The person reporting the abuse, whether a teacher, a neighbor, a relative or the other parent, does not have to pay for this. It is covered by the state. During divorce proceedings it is different. Protective parents must pay their own attorneys to safeguard children who are abused by the other parent. Sometimes they must also pay a guardian ad litem for the child. This is expensive. Divorcing parents should not have to ruin their finances to protect themselves or their children from child abuse.
The full article by Maureen Martowska, Genevieve DeLuca and Martin Kulldorff was published by the CT Mirror: https://ctmirror.org/2023/02/28/ct-legislature-protect-domestic-abuse-victims/

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