Family Research and Law
A key objective of WIPCOD is to disseminate information to professionals around the state in a way that helps us all serve our clients more competently, effectively, and ultimately to serve the clients' and their children's best interests. We will update this page periodically to include some of the latest research and essential reading on divorce and paternity, especially involving children with separated parents and some of the laws and policy making decisions that affect families and our work. To round out the venue, we will also describe some of the programs and efforts around the state so we can all know what's up in Wisconsin.
To make this service work, we need your help. If you run across an article or book that you think is essential reading, if you find a report on some research that you think is relevant to divorce work, or if you learn of a case in Wisconsin or elsewhere that might affect/reflect trends in the law, let us know. (see below for instruction). If you are doing something in your community that you think professionals from around the state might be interested in or benefit from hearing about, let us know. Here's how:
- If you have read some research you want to submit, please describe the location (e.g. journal, number, date, and pages) and a brief description of the research topic. A couple of sentences describing the fundamental findings is acceptable, but not necessary. The idea is to point to, not report on, the research.
- If you have found a book or article you think is important reading for professionals dealing with children with separated parents, please submit the name and author of the book and one or two sentences about why you think it would be helpful.
- If you are aware of new or proposed laws or case decisions that affect our work or might reflect trends across the nation, please describe the law, the location of the case, and the basic meaning of the findings.
- If you can describe what is going on in your local community or your program or work that you think might identify common problems we all face, might be interesting to other communities, or even might be helpful for others, send in a brief description and a contact person for further information if there is interest.
Send all of these to Kenneth H. Waldron in any of the following formats:
Mail To:
Kenneth H. Waldron, Ph.D.
Madison Center for Divorce Mediation
6702 Stonefiled Road, Suite A
Middleton, WI 53562
E-mail To: kwaldron@smallbytes.net