AssetDivider: a new mediation tool in Australian family law

  • Authors:
  • Emilia Bellucci

  • Affiliations:
  • Victoria University

  • Venue:
  • HuCom '08 Proceedings of the 1st International Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This article describes research in a new theory of decision support in negotiation in family law mediation. AssetDivider was based on the principles of Family_Winner. As a Negotiation Decision Support System Family_Winner takes ratings assigned to items by the parties involved and develops a list of allocations to each party; based on trade-offs inherently present in the dispute. Given advice provided from our industry partners Relationships Australia (Queensland) - RAQ, AssetDivider uses an ideal "percentage split" to guide the development of an allocation list for parties. The system has been tested informally by our contacts at RAQ, and we now look forward to extensive testing and evaluation by mediators at RAQ in the near future. We hope to report on a comprehensive evaluation which will report on the effectiveness of this program in practice.