Report on AFCC & NCJFCJ Wingspread Conference on Domestic Violence and Family Courts

"The Report from the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) Wingspread Conference on Domestic Violence and Family Courts is now available online. Written by conference reporters, Professors Nancy Ver Steegh and Clare Dalton, the Report addresses critical tensions raised by the growing awareness that not all uses of violence in intimate relationships are the same. 

The Wingspread Conference featured nearly 40 participants from different backgrounds including family court judges, lawyers, domestic violence advocates, social science and legal scholars, court administrators and psychologists.  Until this conference, there had been no large-scale gathering of the disparate views of many relevant professions, and no attempt to resolve differences in ways that will improve system outcomes for families afflicted by these problems.

The Report will be the centerpiece of a special issue of AFCC’s research and education journal, Family Court Review in July 2008.  Presentations on the Report and work developed by conference participants will be featured at the AFCC 45th Annual Conference, May 28-31, 2008 in Vancouver, BC.  The Report can be accessed on the AFCC Web site at AFCC Website.  For more information, please contact AFCC at AFCC e-mail or (608) 664-3750." By AFCC