Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a leading cause of separation and/or divorce. IPV may not stop after separation, as parents who use IPV can continue intruding in the lives of parents who experience IPV due to unsafe parenting arrangements that allow continued frequent contact and thus risk further abuse. Therefore, it is critical that separating/divorcing parents be assessed for IPV and ongoing safety concerns. Parenting arrangements (e.g., physical and legal custody, parenting time) may not include the appropriate protections if IPV has not been uncovered and/or considered. Unfortunately, many existing IPV screens for family court processes have limitations. The Mediator's Assessment of Safety Issues and Concerns-Short (MASIC-S) was designed to address these limitations. Results from the MASIC-S may be used to inform and create parenting arrangements in the best interest of the child. We provide recommendations on how MASIC-S results can guide family court practitioners in parenting arrangement disputes. These recommendations are based on the existing literature and guidelines regarding the relationship between parenting arrangements and child-wellbeing following separation/divorce in the context of IPV. We also discuss areas in which additional research is needed to help determine parenting arrangements most suitable for separating/divorcing parents with a history of IPV.

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针对分居或离婚父母的亲密伴侣暴力筛查：调解员安全问题和担忧评估简介（MASIC-S）

亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 是分居和/或离婚的主要原因。IPV 在分居后可能不会停止，因为使用 IPV 的父母可能会继续侵入经历 IPV 的父母的生活，因为不安全的养育安排允许持续频繁的接触，从而有进一步虐待的风险。因此，对分居/离婚的父母进行 IPV 和持续安全问题评估至关重要。如果未发现和/或考虑 IPV，育儿安排（例如身体和法定监护权、育儿时间）可能不包括适当的保护。不幸的是，许多现有的用于家庭法庭程序的 IPV 屏幕都有局限性。调解员安全问题和担忧评估（简称 MASIC-S）旨在解决这些限制。MASIC-S 的结果可用于告知和制定符合儿童最佳利益的育儿安排。我们就 MASIC-S 结果如何指导家庭法院从业人员处理养育安排纠纷提供建议。这些建议基于关于 IPV 背景下分居/离婚后养育安排与儿童福祉之间关系的现有文献和指南。我们还讨论了需要进行额外研究的领域，以帮助确定最适合有 IPV 病史的分居/离婚父母的养育安排。