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Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. ███

Intro Topic · Family mediation v. court adjudication

Two very different options to resolve family disputes

Court Adjudication · Binding decisions; formal rules; open to public

Family mediation · Private; less formal; non-binding decisions

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Argument for court adjudication · Has numerous advantages over family mediation

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Advantage 1 · Judges incorporate broader social values

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Advantage 2 · Mediation might erroneously assume balanced power dynamics

If one party has more power over the other, then mediation may be inappropriate.

Argument 4 · FM has no formal record of facts

Argument 5 · FM does not contribute to precedent

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Author’s Argument · FM is better than courts

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Method 1 Counter argument · FM can help families bond and resolve emotional conflicts

Evidence · Studies show FM success

Passage Style

Critique or debate

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Question Type

Implied

Purpose of passage

This is a primary purpose of the passage question. This is the kind of question where we can fully anticipate the answer choice. Remember that the main point of this Debate passage is to show that resolving disputes through family mediation programs better serves the needs of family law.

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This passage outlines two methods of conflict resolution as they currently exist; the passage does not show how a body of law has evolved.

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(B) is missing the fact that the author supports of one of the two different processes over the other, so this does not accurately capture the primary purpose of the passage.

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This is the primary purpose––the passage explains why one method (mediation) of conflict resolution is preferable to another (court adjudication) for a certain class of legal disputes (family law).

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The passage does say that family mediation is better suited to meet the needs of family law, but the overall purpose of the passage is not to say that the court system too often disregards individuals’ needs.

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