19-11, SUPERSEDES 14-05 IN RE: DOMESTIC RELATIONS – REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE THE PARENT EDUCATION AND FAMILY STABILIZATION COURSE IN DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING WITH MINOR CHILDREN OR A PATERNITY ACTION THAT INVOLVES ISSUES OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY - ORDERED 1/24/2019 BY TONYA RAINWATER
EXCERPT: “The Family Division Judges of the Eighteen Judicial Circuit have determined that a substantial portion of family law cases filed involve custody and visitation with minor children, and that a divorce or separation of their parents may detrimentally affect the children and the family relationships of the separating parents; that the children often become innocent unintended victims of the problems and “wars” of their parents; and the Court being concerned with the potential harmful impact on the children in such situations, including possible loss of self-esteem and pride, feelings of guilt in causing their parent’s break-up, weakened trust and feelings of loyalty, anger, and the economic and social impact of the break-up of the home, all of which may lead to decrease in school performance, social difficulties, grief, problems with anger, guilt syndromes, depression, unacceptable behavior, anxiety about intimate relationships, concerns about betrayal and abandonment, feelings of being unloved, and viewing the world as unsafe and unreliable; (Open AO for more information.)”