Center for Excellence in Family Court Practice

  Resource Center  /  Center for Excellence in Family Court Practice
Table of Contents

Access to Family Court Services Task Force

The AFCC Access to Family Court Services Task Force was appointed by AFCC President Dick Altman in 2014 to examine access to justice challenges in the family courts. The Task Force focused on three projects: (1) development and dissemination of a survey of interdisciplinary family court professionals; (2) an online resource guide that features summaries of programs, practices, and processes for families involved in family court processes; and (3) a series of guides for self-represented and family court professionals who work with them.

Resources

Access to Justice in Family Law Matters: Results of a Survey of Family Court Professionals (PDF)
Michael Saini, February, 2017

A Survey of Beliefs and Priorities about Access to Justice of Family Law:
The Search for a Multidisciplinary Perspective (PDF)
Peter Salem and Michael Saini

A Practical Guide for Attorneys Opposing Self-Represented Litigants in Family Court (PDF)
Annette T. Burns (2017) 

Working With Pro-Se Litigants: A Guide for Family Court Bench Officers (PDF)
Hon. Mark Juhas (2017)

A Guide for Family Mediators: Working with Self- Represented Litigants (PDF)
Andrea Clark and Kelly Browe Olson (2017)

Representing Yourself in Court: A Brief Guide from a Judge's Perspective (PDF)
Hon. Dianna Gould-Saltman (2017)

A Brief Guide to Family Mediation for Parents who are Self-Represented (PDF)
C. Eileen Pruett (2017)

* Special thanks to Judge Nancy Katz (ret.), Cookie Levitz, Joan Colen, Tom Weber, John Greacen, and Natalie Knowlton for their contributions to this project.

Task Force Members

Hon. Dianna Gould-Saltman, Co-chair
Jacqueline Hagerott, JD, LLM, Co-chair
Andrea Clark, MSW, Workgroup Leader
Linda Fieldstone, MEd, Workgroup Leader
Stacey Platt, JD, Workgroup Leader
Michael Saini, PhD, Workgroup Leader
Annette Burns, JD
patti cross, JD
Cori Erickson, MS
Corinne Levitz, JD
Marilou T. Giovannucci, MS
Gail Hoover
Kelly Browe Olson, JD, LLM
Hon. Mark Juhas
Forrest S. Mosten, JD
C. Eileen Pruett, JD
Larry Swall, JD
Back

Table of Contents

Back
About

AFCC is the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts – the premier interdisciplinary and international association of professionals dedicated to the resolution of family conflict.  AFCC members include many of the leading practitioners, researchers, educators and policymakers in the family court arena. AFCC provides training and education, and does not license, certify or regulate the practice of its members.

Quick Contact
Loading