Genevieve Heard
Biographic Data
| ID | 3880684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Genevieve Heard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Genevieve |
| FAMILY NAME | Heard |
| SIGNATURE | HEARD G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Council for Educational Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1828-0595 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Legally assisted family dispute resolution
Legal assistance within family mediation can make the process more accessible and equitable for vulnerable clients who need support, advice and advocacy, including those who have experienced abuse. The 2024 Review of Australia’s Family Relationships Services Program recommended an expanded role for services delivered in partnership between family mediation providers and legal assistance providers. This paper describes and evaluates a legally assi…
Participation, agreement and reduced acrimony through family mediation
In Australia, it is mandatory for separating couples to attempt Family Dispute Resolution (FDR/mediation) before taking a parenting matter to court. In this context some clients may attend FDR solely as a means of accessing court processes. This article examines key outcomes across a large sample of FDR clients in a community sector organization. Participation, rates of agreement, levels of satisfaction, and levels of acrimony are assessed for th…
The use and misuse of ‘everyday’ communication technologies in a family law setting
Family law services assisting clients with post-separation parenting arrangements can play a key role in encouraging collaborative communication between separating parents. Increasingly, this communication takes place by digital means. Services and practitioners need to understand which communication technologies (CTs) are used by their clientele, how they are experienced in both positive and negative ways, and why some technologies might be favo…
Popular post‐separation parenting smartphone apps
In recent years a bewildering array of smartphone applications (“apps”) has emerged to support separated parents' communication. Post‐separation parenting apps vary in cost and features; they typically comprise a messaging tool, shared calendar, expense tracker and a means to export records for legal purposes. A key challenge for separated parents and family law practitioners alike is knowing which apps or app feature(s) can work well for differe…
Revisioning Acrimony
In this paper we identify and validate the structure of the acrimony scale and introduce two shorter versions: the AS-18 and the AS-10. Investigations using two large, independent samples of family mediation clients suggest a two-factor solution. We make a theoretical case for distinguishing between acrimony and conflict, and for measuring both acrimony and the capacity for cooperation remaining in a relationship between separated parents. We fin…
Post-separation parenting apps in the hands of family law practitioners
Post-separation parenting apps are an alternative to mainstream digital communication (e.g. text and email) for separated parents. They vary in cost and features, generally incorporating a messaging tool, shared calendar, expense tracker, and the ability to export records for legal purposes. While often recommended in the context of family law, evidence for efficacy and safety is lacking. This study sought insights from family law professionals a…
Adapting a men’s behaviour change program to online delivery using a developmental evaluation approach
Men’s behaviour change programs constitute an important family violence intervention strategy. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions brought increased risk of family violence and service demand. When face-to-face groups became impossible under restrictive public health orders, the Men’s Behaviour Change Program provided by Relationships Australia Victoria was delivered using videoconferencing technology. We describe a develop…
Risks and benefits of post-separation parenting apps
Mobile phones have become an essential part of modern family life. Their proliferation has been accompanied by a diverse range of apps, including apps for separated parents. Family law professionals are increasingly being asked about post-separation parenting apps by clients. Yet the empirical evidence about their potential benefits and risks is sparse. The present study draws on qualitative data from an online survey of 344 family law profession…
Remote family dispute resolution services for Covid and post‐Covid times
In 2020, residents in the state of Victoria, Australia endured months of government restrictions aimed at curbing multiple outbreaks of COVID‐19. Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) services continued to assist separating couples to sort out their parenting and property matters, necessitating a rapid and wholesale shift to remote delivery via telephone and video conferencing. This paper reports on interviews during and subsequent to ‘lockdown’ with c…
Family law professionals’ views of post-separation parenting apps
The rapid proliferation of smartphones has led to a bewildering array of post-separation parenting apps, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. These apps usually comprise a messaging tool, shared calendar, expense tracker, and a means to download messages and documents for courts. In Australia, as elsewhere, family law professionals are increasingly being asked about, or asked to recommend, smartphone apps to clients. There is also an emerging …
Dispute Resolution Choices for Property Settlement in A ustralia
Although many separating Australian couples make their own arrangements for property division, evidence suggests over 40% nominate either Family Dispute Resolution (FDR), lawyers or courts as their main pathway to settlement. Whereas it is compulsory to attempt FDR in parenting matters, this is not so for property matters. This paper examines client perspectives on property dispute resolution methods using interviews with 112 prospective FDR clie…
Family Formation in 21st Century Australia
This book provides a detailed, up-to-date snapshot of Australian family formation, answering such questions as ‘what do our families look like?’, and ‘how have they come to be this way?’ The book applies sociological insights to a broad range of demographic trends, painting a comprehensive picture of the changing ways in which Australians are creating families. The first contemporary volume on the subject, Family Formation in 21st Century Austral…
Socioeconomic Marriage Differentials in Australia and New Zealand
While marriage rates are relatively stable among better-educated men and women, they are rapidly declining among those with low educational attainment. this development has been recognized in the uS as a new socioeconomic pattern of marriage. this article uses census data to show that socioeconomic marriage differentials are also increasing in australia and new Zealand. these differentials have previously been noted independently of each other an…
Socioeconomic Marriage Differentials in Australia and New Zealand
While marriage rates are relatively stable among better-educated men and women, they are rapidly declining among those with low educational attainment. this development has been recognized in the uS as a new socioeconomic pattern of marriage. this article uses census data to show that socioeconomic marriage differentials are also increasing in australia and new Zealand. these differentials have previously been noted independently of each other an…
Risks and benefits of post-separation parenting apps
Mobile phones have become an essential part of modern family life. Their proliferation has been accompanied by a diverse range of apps, including apps for separated parents. Family law professionals are increasingly being asked about post-separation parenting apps by clients. Yet the empirical evidence about their potential benefits and risks is sparse. The present study draws on qualitative data from an online survey of 344 family law profession…
The use and misuse of ‘everyday’ communication technologies in a family law setting
Family law services assisting clients with post-separation parenting arrangements can play a key role in encouraging collaborative communication between separating parents. Increasingly, this communication takes place by digital means. Services and practitioners need to understand which communication technologies (CTs) are used by their clientele, how they are experienced in both positive and negative ways, and why some technologies might be favo…
Socioeconomic Marriage Differentials in Australia and New Zealand
While marriage rates are relatively stable among better-educated men and women, they are rapidly declining among those with low educational attainment. this development has been recognized in the uS as a new socioeconomic pattern of marriage. this article uses census data to show that socioeconomic marriage differentials are also increasing in australia and new Zealand. these differentials have previously been noted independently of each other an…
Family Formation in 21st Century Australia
This book provides a detailed, up-to-date snapshot of Australian family formation, answering such questions as ‘what do our families look like?’, and ‘how have they come to be this way?’ The book applies sociological insights to a broad range of demographic trends, painting a comprehensive picture of the changing ways in which Australians are creating families. The first contemporary volume on the subject, Family Formation in 21st Century Austral…
Dispute Resolution Choices for Property Settlement in A ustralia
Although many separating Australian couples make their own arrangements for property division, evidence suggests over 40% nominate either Family Dispute Resolution (FDR), lawyers or courts as their main pathway to settlement. Whereas it is compulsory to attempt FDR in parenting matters, this is not so for property matters. This paper examines client perspectives on property dispute resolution methods using interviews with 112 prospective FDR clie…
Remote family dispute resolution services for Covid and post‐Covid times
In 2020, residents in the state of Victoria, Australia endured months of government restrictions aimed at curbing multiple outbreaks of COVID‐19. Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) services continued to assist separating couples to sort out their parenting and property matters, necessitating a rapid and wholesale shift to remote delivery via telephone and video conferencing. This paper reports on interviews during and subsequent to ‘lockdown’ with c…
Family law professionals’ views of post-separation parenting apps
The rapid proliferation of smartphones has led to a bewildering array of post-separation parenting apps, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. These apps usually comprise a messaging tool, shared calendar, expense tracker, and a means to download messages and documents for courts. In Australia, as elsewhere, family law professionals are increasingly being asked about, or asked to recommend, smartphone apps to clients. There is also an emerging …
Popular post‐separation parenting smartphone apps
In recent years a bewildering array of smartphone applications (“apps”) has emerged to support separated parents' communication. Post‐separation parenting apps vary in cost and features; they typically comprise a messaging tool, shared calendar, expense tracker and a means to export records for legal purposes. A key challenge for separated parents and family law practitioners alike is knowing which apps or app feature(s) can work well for differe…
Revisioning Acrimony
In this paper we identify and validate the structure of the acrimony scale and introduce two shorter versions: the AS-18 and the AS-10. Investigations using two large, independent samples of family mediation clients suggest a two-factor solution. We make a theoretical case for distinguishing between acrimony and conflict, and for measuring both acrimony and the capacity for cooperation remaining in a relationship between separated parents. We fin…
Post-separation parenting apps in the hands of family law practitioners
Post-separation parenting apps are an alternative to mainstream digital communication (e.g. text and email) for separated parents. They vary in cost and features, generally incorporating a messaging tool, shared calendar, expense tracker, and the ability to export records for legal purposes. While often recommended in the context of family law, evidence for efficacy and safety is lacking. This study sought insights from family law professionals a…
Adapting a men’s behaviour change program to online delivery using a developmental evaluation approach
Men’s behaviour change programs constitute an important family violence intervention strategy. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions brought increased risk of family violence and service demand. When face-to-face groups became impossible under restrictive public health orders, the Men’s Behaviour Change Program provided by Relationships Australia Victoria was delivered using videoconferencing technology. We describe a develop…
Risks and benefits of post-separation parenting apps
Mobile phones have become an essential part of modern family life. Their proliferation has been accompanied by a diverse range of apps, including apps for separated parents. Family law professionals are increasingly being asked about post-separation parenting apps by clients. Yet the empirical evidence about their potential benefits and risks is sparse. The present study draws on qualitative data from an online survey of 344 family law profession…
Participation, agreement and reduced acrimony through family mediation
In Australia, it is mandatory for separating couples to attempt Family Dispute Resolution (FDR/mediation) before taking a parenting matter to court. In this context some clients may attend FDR solely as a means of accessing court processes. This article examines key outcomes across a large sample of FDR clients in a community sector organization. Participation, rates of agreement, levels of satisfaction, and levels of acrimony are assessed for th…
The use and misuse of ‘everyday’ communication technologies in a family law setting
Family law services assisting clients with post-separation parenting arrangements can play a key role in encouraging collaborative communication between separating parents. Increasingly, this communication takes place by digital means. Services and practitioners need to understand which communication technologies (CTs) are used by their clientele, how they are experienced in both positive and negative ways, and why some technologies might be favo…
Legally assisted family dispute resolution
Legal assistance within family mediation can make the process more accessible and equitable for vulnerable clients who need support, advice and advocacy, including those who have experienced abuse. The 2024 Review of Australia’s Family Relationships Services Program recommended an expanded role for services delivered in partnership between family mediation providers and legal assistance providers. This paper describes and evaluates a legally assi…
Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Internet privacy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (4 works)