The use of custody evaluations, overshadowed by the advent of
mediation, was reemerging as custody disputes were becoming more complex and high - conflict... AFCC entered the 1990s, its growing membership was being professionally challenged by increasingly difficult family issues... The challenges posed by high - conflict families were front - and - center issues for most courts, and AFCC members led the way in
developing new processes and
techniques for working with these challenging family members.