The family justice system : Investing in the family justice system

The second section summarizes the key impacts and consequences of separation and divorce on children and parents and discusses the limitations of the literature in addressing overall societal impacts. [...] There are many factors that contribute to resiliency including the level of an individual’s coping skills, the quality of information given to the family, the degree of authoritative parenting being used, the standard of living of the parent and the degree to which a parent has a system of support. [...] A selected review of the international English-speaking literature on the Impacts and was carried out looking at the impacts and consequences of Consequences of separation and divorce on children and parents. [...] Table 5 estimates the number of legally divorced people in B. C. in the years 1991, 2001 and 2004 and compares this to the proportion of divorced adults in the population as a whole. [...] The proportion of divorced adults in the population has risen almost twice as fast as the population of adults 15 and over.* The proportion of divorced adults in the population is estimated at 8.5%.