EDMONTON (CP) —
Howard Irving doesn't like.
the way lawyers and courts
separate couples who wane bo
divorce.

So shortly after his own!
marriage fell apart, the fam-
ily mediator and professor of

ilar, called conciliation ser-
vices, the first of its kind in
Canada, has been operating
in Edmonton since 1972, But
not, enough people know
‘about it, Irving said. Hence
his attempt to enlighten the
masses.
, FILLS NEED

social work’ at University of
Toronto sat down and wrote

with about one million

pected to divorce: this year
and another ‘four million or
“more people — children, par-
énts, relatives and friends —
affected by their. reperatien.
Irving said ‘the book fills a
crying need.

He said divérce medi-
ation won't. eliminate the
legal pi ste despite the

a book, .Divorce diation:
The Rational Alternative.

ends of the legal ring, he sal
in an. interviews divorce '
mediation proposes to ration:
ally settle problems out 9J
court with the help of a third
party. ‘
The result? No winners
or losers, just a divorce
: settlement agreeable to both
parties reached without des-
* tructive custody disputes,
added emoétional trauma,
courtroom ‘confrontation, or
high costs.
Divorce mediation is not,
a new idea, said Irving, in: al to ° tnd
Edmonton recently to prom- it.
ote his book. hi sim:

‘in ee

TORONTO (CP) — The aren't ‘élear.

proportion of unemployed —

young people to adults has
increased in Canada in recent
years, says a study prepared,
for the Ontario Economic
Council.

The study, by econom-
ists Frank Denton, Leslie
Robb and Bryon Spencer of

. McMaster University in
Hamilton, said the reasons

In* 1977, the Canadian

fmoent rate

opposition of some lawyers,
But it will reduce their num-

rs.
“Without question,

‘North Ameria is the most

Utigation-prone area in the
world,” Irving said. Conse-

~* quently, North America has a
Hit) lot of lawyers.
wv

He notes that in wae
which favors arbitration and:
mediation over litigation, 120
million people are served by
10,000 lawyers. ‘The United
States, onthe other hand,
has 220 million people and
350,000 lawyers. |.

However, some lawyers
and -judges support divorce
mediation, he said. One of
them is Marjorie Bowker, an
Edmonton < family court
judge.

‘Concerned with separat-
ing couples leaving her court-

-room with: legal, problems

settled but- personal prob-
lems compounded, Bowker
set out to find a solution and
wound up’ bringing concili-
ation ae to Edmonton
family cot

8:1, per cent, but for- those
under 25 it-was 14.5 per cent,

"\, The.study also sald that

federal g

Originally funded by the ©
then

"” Divorce mediation oe
“Rational cli atiy, ye - :

3,500 already have.

Dywer stresses the pro-
gtam is not a marriage-
counselling service.

“We don't try to strong-
arm couples into staying in
marriage. And couples must
be referred by the courts or
their lawyer to qualify.”

Both Irving ‘and Dwyer
said: child, custody and visit-
ing rfghts are the most
difficult-to negotiate in a div-
OFee. ni.

own situation,
Irvingand his ex-wife have a
shared‘parenting agreement.
in pies have-equal say
in ip-brin; ig of. their

sin

like na f

for evgryo)
tan

‘does see the day
when -iniore -couples: will use

thing;-he said, divorce medi-
ation costs, ‘an average of
$250, while a'court-contested
divorce costs $8,000.

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the code ‘means increased
service efficiency, allowing

taken over on a y
basis by the province, conelli-
ation services now is the

ibility of the Alberta

H social services ‘department.

Pro WO ‘in-
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billior

EXPECTS MO!
Now that it's permanent,
program supervisor Vincent
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system. It's up to you if you
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