Braver Sanford L, Ellman Ira M, Fabricius William V
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1104, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2003 Jun;17(2):206-19. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.17.2.206.
Relocation cases, in which a divorced parent seeks to move away with the child, are among the knottiest problems facing family courts. The recent trend is to permit such moves, largely because of Wallerstein's (1995) controversial amica curiae brief, which a recent court (Baures v. Lewis, 2001) interpreted as supporting the conclusion that "in general, what is good for the custodial parent is good for the child" (p. 222). The current study provides the first direct evidence on relocation by dividing college students into groups on the basis of their divorced parents' move-away status. On most child outcomes, the ones whose parents moved are significantly disadvantaged. This suggests courts should give greater weight to the child's separate interests in deciding such cases.
迁移案件，即离异父母一方寻求带着孩子搬走，是家庭法院面临的最棘手问题之一。最近的趋势是允许这种迁移，这主要是因为沃勒斯坦（1995年）那份有争议的法庭之友陈述书，最近一个法庭（鲍雷斯诉刘易斯案，2001年）将其解释为支持“一般来说，对抚养孩子的一方有利的事情对孩子也有利”这一结论（第222页）。本研究首次提供了关于迁移的直接证据，方法是根据大学生离异父母的迁移状况将他们分成不同组。在大多数儿童成长结果方面，父母迁移的那些孩子明显处于劣势。这表明法院在裁决此类案件时应更加重视孩子的独立利益。
