“…Studies that have disentangled coparenting and family group processes from husband-wife relationship systems (e.g., Bearss & Eyberg, 1998;Belsky & Hsieh, 1998;Floyd, Costigan, & Gilliom, 1998;Lindahl & Malik, 1999;McBride & Rane, 1998;McHale & Rasmussen, 1998;Schoppe-Sullivan, Mangelsdorf, Frosch, & McHale, 2004) have made fundamental contributions to this emerging field, and we encourage researchers working in this field to continue considering such distinctions. Indeed, in that wellfunctioning marital partnerships often set the stage for better coordinated coparenting partnerships Katz & Gottman, 1996;Katz & Woodin, 2002;Lewis, 1989;Lindahl & Malik, 1999;McHale, 1995;McHale, Kazali, et al, 2004;McHale, Khazan, et al, 2002;Van Egeren, 2003), researchers should look more closely at families that do and do not fit this general trend (e.g.…”