Families experiencing separation and divorce often find it difficult to provide emotional stability for children as the parents struggle with financial, parenting, and relationship decisions. The effect on children can be especially precarious. Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are risk factors that potentially affect children for the rest of their lives. Parental separation and divorce are identified as adverse childhood experiences and the experiences of stress and loss, reduced parental effectiveness, and exposure to parental conflict, among other stressors, may explain some of the negative outcomes often observed in children following divorce. It is essential that public institutions, including courts, are informed about the risks and protective factors associated with ACEs and resolve to mitigate the effects for children and families whom they serve. Domestic Relations Courts are uniquely equipped to address the effects that parental separation and divorce have on children, given the courts' authority to govern the legal divorce and custody process. The Domestic Relations Court in Delaware, Ohio, is committed to assisting families navigate separation and divorce in a way that is in the best interests of all, especially the children. The Court has created four specific programs to help litigants navigate their emotions, create new narratives, and explore solutions to conflict outside of trial. These innovative programs go beyond traditional court practices to treat the spouses and parents as unique individuals, giving them ample opportunities to address traumatic events and be validated for their lived experience. The suite of services includes Settlement Weeks, Neutral Evaluation, Co-parent Coaching, and Brief Family Assessments. In the subsequent sections, we will delve into each program, exploring their promise for improving outcomes for the public, the litigants, and the court as a whole.

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俄亥俄州特拉华县家庭关系法庭项目旨在减少家庭冲突并达成协议

经历分居和离婚的家庭常常发现很难为孩子提供情绪稳定，因为父母在经济、养育和关系方面的决定上苦苦挣扎。对儿童的影响尤其不稳定。不良童年经历（ACE）是可能影响儿童余生的风险因素。父母分居和离婚被认为是不良的童年经历，压力和失落的经历、父母效率的降低、父母冲突等压力因素可能解释了离婚后儿童中经常观察到的一些负面结果。包括法院在内的公共机构必须了解与 ACE 相关的风险和保护因素，并决心减轻对其所服务的儿童和家庭的影响。鉴于法院有权管辖合法离婚和监护程序，家庭关系法院具有独特的能力来解决父母分居和离婚对儿童的影响。俄亥俄州特拉华州的家庭关系法院致力于协助家庭以符合所有人（尤其是儿童）最佳利益的方式处理分居和离婚问题。法院制定了四个具体计划来帮助诉讼当事人控制情绪、创造新的叙述并探索审判外冲突的解决方案。这些创新计划超越了传统的法庭做法，将配偶和父母视为独特的个体，为他们提供充足的机会来解决创伤事件并验证他们的生活经历。这套服务包括和解周、中立评估、共同家长辅导和简短的家庭评估。在接下来的部分中，我们将深入研究每个计划，探索它们对改善公众、诉讼当事人和整个法院结果的承诺。