Child Custody Assessments

Download or read book A Comprehensive Guide to Child Custody Evaluations: Mental Health and Legal Perspectives written by Joanna Bunker Rohrbaugh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-26 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether assessing general family functioning or specific areas of conflict, professionals preparing child custody evaluations require sound knowledge of three interrelated fields: up-to-date legal issues, psychological findings, and forensic procedures. This book covers these three essential areas to walk readers through the evaluation process clearly and concisely. It further provides a unique combination of legal guidelines with social science research.