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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
 The dates for the 2008 Advanced Mediation Training
Conference are set! Next year’s
conference will be Monday through
Wednesday, September 15 through September
17, 2008 at the Ralph
A. MacMullan
Conference Center. Your MACM Board is currently looking into presenters
for the conference. If you have ideas or
suggestions, please contact Julie Vredeveld at 616-632-6847 or
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 09 March 2007 |
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Review submitted by Brian Gallant
 BOOK REVIEW - Defusing the High-Conflict Divorce
A Treatment Guide for Working with Angry Couples
Authors: Bernard Gaulier, Ph.D., Judith Margerum, Ph.D., Jerome A. Price, M.A. and James Windell, M.A.
In less than 250 pages the authors provide the reader with a stimulating and enhanced understanding of how high conflict divorces are created. This book is geared for those professionals (Judges, Attorneys, Friend of the Court Mediators/Family Counselors and Child and Family Therapists/Counselors) that work with parents and children who are caught in the cross-fire of a high conflict divorce. Of course, any parent who is dealing with the stress and struggle inherent in a high conflict divorce would also greatly benefit by reading this book. The authors identify many different problems as well as treatment and solution oriented interventions that are encouraging and informative.
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 |
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Submitted by Zoltowski 
More news from the Legislature... On January 30, 2007, House Bill No 4174 was introduced by Reps. Pearce, Rick Jones, Caul, Hildenbrand, Steil, Proos, Pastor, Brandenburg, Dean, LaJoy, Green and Sheen and referred to the Committee on Families and Children's Services.
The Bill aims to recognize an ever increasing form of parent-child visitation/communication. Computers, webcams and high-speed internet access are changing the ways that divorced/separated parents are keeping in touch with their children. There are many benefits to this form of "virtual visitation" which is being championed by an organization of the very same name. Read more at internetvisitation.org.
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 02 February 2007 |
Submitted by Julie Vredeveld
Great news from the legislature! Michigan Senator Bill Hardiman introduced a bill to the State Senate late last year to address our problem accessing records from Childrens Protective Services (CPS). That bill went quickly through the Senate and the House and was approved by Governor Granholm on January 3, 2007.
Public Act 621 of 2006 amends Child Protection Law to provide that CPS records can be provided to Friend of the Court offices, "if there is compelling need for child protective services records or information to determine custody or parenting time issues regarding a child." In order to obtain records, Friend of the Court personnel must submit a written request for information relating to its investigation, after which the CPS supervisor will determine if there is information relevant to the Friend of the Court evaluation. If so, the CPS will release records to the requesting individual at Friend of the Court within fourteen days.
Most of us have, to varying degrees, struggled with the inability to obtain CPS information directly from the source. Approval of this Public Act allows us to obtain records from CPS without having to rely other, less reliable sources.
Thanks to Senator Hardiman and the rest of the legislature for acting on this matter, and remedying this problem. You can access the full text of Public Act 621 of 2006 at http://www.legislature.mi.gov/.
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 06 January 2007 |
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Submitted by Zoltowski  The MACM Board for 2007 has been elected; President, Alan P. Zoltowski, Washtenaw County; Vice President, Guy Jacobson, Muskegon County; Secretary, Cara Lemmen, Kent County; Treasurer, Eliza Callow, Washtenaw County. Rounding out the rest of the board we have Vicki Crum, Sarah Hoffman, Brian Gallant, Julie Vredeveld, Katie Dopke, Stephanie Newberry and Jennifer Dailey. We are already in preparation for next years conference scheduled for September 26th-28th, 2007 again at the MacMullan Center in Roscommon, Michigan. Stay tuned. |
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