New roles for family therapists in the courts: an overview with a focus on custody dispute resolution.
Emery RE1, Rowen J, Dinescu D.
Family process.Fam Process.2014 Sep;53(3):500-15. doi: 10.1111/famp.12077. Epub 2014 May 2.
Many legal issues involve conflicts that are at least as much psychological and relational as they are legal in nature. Juvenile and family courts have always embraced a helping philosophy under the parens patriae legal doctrine. These courts address problems where family relationships are central,
"Best interests" and withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from an adult who lacks capacity in the parens patriae jurisdiction.
Willmott L, White B, Smith MK.
Journal of law and medicine.J Law Med.2014 Jun;21(4):920-41.
Disputes about withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment are increasingly coming before Australian Supreme Courts. Such cases are generally heard in the parens patriae jurisdiction where the test applied is what is in the patient's "best interests". However, the application of the "best
[A criticial view of involuntary hospitalization and patient protection after abolishment of the system of guardianship under the 2011 revision to the act on mental health and welfare for the mentally disabled].
Yoshioka R.
Seishin shinkeigaku zasshi = Psychiatria et neurologia Japonica.Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi.2014;116(4):309-15.
The current system of guardianship is to be abolished under the Revised Mental Health and Welfare Act. Aging patients and changing family structures highlight the need for public services based on parens patriae. The proposed new system of involuntary hospitalization continues to require family memb