2 Family Court and Its Importance

The concept: a specialized forum — judges trained in family-and-child dynamics; the procedure adapted (in-camera hearings; simplified filings; court-attached counselling-and-mediation; interdisciplinary support — social workers, psychologists); the remedies integrated (the divorce, custody, maintenance-and-property in one decree). The importance: (i) expertise-and-consistency (the best-interest determinations' quality); (ii) the child-centred courtroom (the child-friendly hearing rooms; the separate examinations); (iii) reduction of re-litigation (the integrated decrees); (iv) access-and-informality (cost, distance, the non-lawyer's comprehension); (v) the sensitive-handling mandate (the dignity of the parties).