The Bloom Is on the Rose

Summary

This paper argues for the value of an adult developmental perspective in work with lesbian couples. Focusing on midlife, case examples illustrate issues and situations that create strength and satisfaction, as well as those that create stress and disappointment. Key themes include expansiveness and generativity, differentiation, awareness of past and future, reorganizing priorities, finitude, caregiving stress, infidelity, midlife crisis, self-growth, and the different impact of homophobia on three cohorts of midlife lesbians. Implications for therapeutic intervention are described, with particular emphasis on case formulation and treatment planning that explicitly provides couples with an understanding of the sociohistorical and adult developmental context in which their difficulties arise.     

破解离婚精神损害赔偿难的法律对策新探

因婚姻不忠行为导致夫妻感情破裂而起诉离婚的是离婚案件中的典型情况,无过错一方在起诉离婚的同时要求有过错方精神损害赔偿的也不在少数。由于我国相关法律还不够完善,造成诉讼过程中频频出现举证难、认定难和赔偿难的问题。为此,应当从法律制度和审判机制入手进行改革,通过完善我国婚姻法相关内容和民事诉讼证据规则的适用机制,使法律救济措施更具有可操作性,切实解决离婚精神损害赔偿难的问题,为当事人提供有效的法律救济与保障。