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Making contact happen or making contact work?
The process and outcomes of in-court conciliation

by Liz Trinder, Jo Connolly, Joanne Kellet, Caitlin Notley and Louise Swift
University of East Anglia

This report presents the findings from a study that aimed to identify the effectiveness of three different models of in-court conciliation. Based on interviews with 250 parents at baseline and 175 parents at a six month follow up, the study reports on:

agreement rates
satisfaction with the conciliation process
satisfaction with agreements and outcome of the case
agreement durability and relitigation
impact on contact patterns, contact problems, shared decision-making and parent and child wellbeing

Executive Summary [PDF 32kb, 3 pages]

Full Report [PDF 782kb, 125 pages]

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Report - chapters 1-6 [PDF 419kb, 80 pages]
Report - chapter 7-9 [PDF 457kb, 45 pages]

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Making contact happen or making contact work? The process and outcomes of in-court conciliation

Making contact happen or making contact work?
The process and outcomes of in-court conciliation