Family Relationships and Family Justice in Europe: Changes and Challenges.

The huge diversity in family life and living arrangements across the globe has far‐reaching implications for the ways in which families are supported and family justice is administered. Given the serious concerns about the number of relationships that break down and the potentially detrimental impacts on children and their parents, it is essential to understand the triggers threatening the stability of couple relationships, including the financial stresses caused by the recent global recession and accompanying fiscal austerity. Since family relationships are central to the psychological, emotional, social, and economic well‐being of adults and children everywhere, policy makers and practitioners should collaborate across international boundaries to develop interventions that promote family well‐being, secure the best interests of children, and ensure the conditions and systems in which families can thrive. Key Points for the Family Court Community: Family life and family living arrangements are continuing to change.Diversity in family structures means that family justice and relationship support systems need to adapt and respond.Good‐quality family relationships, regardless of the structures they take, are essential for children's and adults' well‐being.International collaboration between practitioners and policy makers across jurisdictions and across sectors is vital to support family relationships and protect children's and adults' well‐being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]