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Virginia State Bar/Family Law Section
"Spare the Child" Video Project
This very popular video, originally produced in 1997, gives parents the foundation for navigating divorce without creating undue strain on children when handling visitation, custody, and child support issues and stresses the importance of divorcing parent keeping the best interest of their children in mind.
Used in many statewide programs, including parent education programs required by law, which requires parents and/or all other parties involved in a contested custody, visitation, or child support petition to attend a parent education class, the current Spare the Child video is frequently requested by churches and community groups for use in parenting programs, and is also used in family law programs in law schools as part of the curriculum. Additionally, to encourage mediation, many judges in family and juvenile courts require divorcing parents to watch the Spare the Child video.
This grant from the Virginia Law Foundation was used to produce a new version of the video to make it more contemporary, user-friendly, and multilingual. The video is produced on DVD with multiple language options.
Please visit the following link for more information:
http://www.vsb.org/