Children in Custody Disputes

Anna Kaldal is a professor of procedural law and head of subject at the Faculty of Law, Stockholm university, Sweden. Her main field of research is evidential law and children in legal proceedings, especially children in custody cases, criminal cases and child protection cases. She is one of the founders of the Stockholm Centre for the Rights of the Child.Agnes Hellner is a senior lecturer in procedural law at the Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden. Her research focuses on access to justice, comparative procedural law and constitutional law dimensions of procedural law, such as the relationship between the courts and the legislature.Titti Mattsson is a professor of public law at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on legal, ethical and human rights issues within national social welfare systems, including children's rights. Mattsson is heading the Health Law Research Centre at Lund University.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Matching legal proceedings to the problem in custody disputes.- Chapter 2. Children’s health matters in custody conflicts – What do we know?.- Chapter 3. Nordic family mediation: towards a system of differentiated services?.- Chapter 4. Custody disputes from a socio-legal perspective.- Chapter 5. Children’s participation and perspectives in family disputes.- Chapter 6. Mapping paths to family justice: Resolving family disputes involving children in neoliberal times.- Chapter 7. Out-of-court Custody Dispute Resolution in Sweden – A Journey without Destination.- Chapter 8. Children’s health matters in custody conflicts: Best interest of the child and decisions on health matters.- Chapter 9. Challenges when family conflicts meet the law – A proactive approach.- 10. Beyond the Horizon: Matching Legal Proceedings to the Problem in Custody Disputes.