Idealized Models in Family Court Spaces: Making ‘New Families’ through Mandatory Family Court Mediation Policy: WI 767: Actions Affecting the Family Child Support Enforcement Discussion: Kinship Instrumentality “We make new families” structured by court order & placement schedules Ideals: “The Good Divorce” Co-parenting Mandatory Child Custody Mediation Legal Reform Velvet Revolution Access to Justice Gender Equality Father’s Rights Conclusion: Back to the Nuclear, in fragmented form Research Setting: Milwaukee Family Court< Milwaukee WI Research Design: Ethnographic, extended case study design Data Collection: 2011-2014 41 cases, 60 mediation sessions, 10 mediator interviews, 34 parent interviews, courthouse observation, mediation trainings, mediator debriefings, case file review Presented by Alexandra Crampton, Marquette University Funding provided by The Center for Peacemaking & Office of Sponsored Research, Marquette University