Families TodayChapter 14:
Divorce and RemarriageCheck Your Answers: Section Review Answer KeysSection 14.1 When Marriages End Review Key Concepts
- Answers will vary but should include three of the following: partners grow in different directions, may not communicate, have problems they cannot solve, physical or mental cruelty may exist.
- Both partners want to divorce. Neither partner is to blame.
- Child custody defines how child support is handled.
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- Answers will vary but could include: Basic divorce mediation training is 40 hours. Mediator works to identify and solve problems. Mediation leads to agreement in half to three-fourths of mediated divorces.
- Types of custody are: soleone spouse keeps all legal rights and responsibilities of parenting; joint parents share in decisions; spliteach parent has custody of one or more of the children; alternatechildren live first with one parent then with the other parent. Each parent has decision-making power; third-party someone else is assigned as the children's legal guardian. Advantages and disadvantages will vary.
Section 14.2 Manage After Divorce Review Key Concepts
- The time around the parents' separation is most difficult for children.
- People with more resources, whether they are financial, emotional, social and community, adjust better.
- In a blended family, one or both spouses have been married before and have children from one or more prior marriages.
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- Answers will vary but should give a positive connotation to the negative terms.
- Answers will vary. Lists should be well thought out, logical, and useful.
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