Child Custody and Visitation Disputes in Sweden and the United States a Study of Love Justice and Knowledge 1st Edition by Diane Marie Pranzo 0739171356 9780739171356

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ISBN 10: 0739171356 

ISBN 13: 9780739171356

Author: Diane Marie Pranzo

What are the social and cultural features that have the most impact on the interpretation of the legal standard, “best interest of the child”? One method for answering this question is through a comparison of two societies, Sweden and the United States, both of which apply the same legal standard to similar contested custody and visitation cases. This study views love, law, and knowledge as separate discourses. Love encompasses the interpretations of the actors whose claims arise from the emotions associated with care, concern, and relationships, namely parents, the children who are the subject of a case, and other family members. Justice encompasses the interpretations and claims which are made by judges, but its discourse includes the legal process and legal policies. Knowledge is encompassed by the concerns and claims of professionals and/or experts including social science discussions of care, welfare, and psychology and the interpretations and descriptions given by the professionals and experts regarding the actors in the cases. This book hypothesizes that a comparison of two societies that focuses on the interaction between the discourses of love, justice, and knowledge, in the process of decision-making in best interests of the child disputed custody cases, reveals features of decision-making that would be unavailable to researchers studying custody disputes in only one society.

Table of contents:

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Laws, Process, Parental Roles, and Continuity

Chapter Three: Transferring Residence

Chapter Four: Professionals and Experts in Sweden and the US

Chapter Five: Cases of Alienation or Problems in the Parents’ Relationship?

Chapter Six: Parents’ Narratives of Care

Chapter Seven: Violence and Abuse in the Parents’ Relationship

Chapter Eight: Children’s Opinions in the US and Sweden

Chapter Nine: Conclusion

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