Exam 12: The Process of Divorce

__________ is a non-adversarial means of resolution in which the divorcing couple, along with a third party such as a therapist or trained mediator, negotiate the terms of their financial, custody, and visitation settlement.

The United States has one of the highest rates of divorce in the world.

The likelihood of a custodial parent receiving child support has increased greatly since federal involvement in enforcement stepped up in the 1990s.

Payment by one partner to the other in order to support the more dependent spouse for a period of time is called alimony.

Women's status and employment opportunities are an example of macro-level factor associated with divorce.

Women report more marital problems than do their husbands, although interestingly, women tend to blame themselves for many of these problems. Why is this, according to the text?

Is it better for children when their unhappy parents divorce or stay married? Defend your answer.

Describe a "good divorce."

Researchers believe that it may be the ___________ rather than the divorce itself that become problematic for children.

People who marry young tend to have a higher risk of divorce than those who marry when older.

In the crisis period following a divorce, children generally face a number of situations that they must learn to cope with. List three of these.

When noncustodial parents retain their legal rights to their children, this is called:

Legal custody refers to:

About what percent of families who are awarded child support from a noncustodial parent receive the full amount?

The two peaks in the divorce rate over the past hundred years occurred:

In the opening vignette, Melanie:

A social movement designed to promote and protect traditional marriage is called:

You are writing a term paper about the consequences of divorce for children. You learned that during the initial crisis period after the divorce, children must cope with many different situations. Which is NOT one of these, according to the text?

Michelle and Joe have a "good divorce," which means:

A nonadversarial means of resolution, in which the divorcing couple, along with a third party such as a therapist or trained mediator, negotiate the terms of their financial, custody, and visitation settlement, is known as divorce mediation.