For more information
on child custody evaluations, you will want to see «The Anatomy of a Child Custody Evaluation».
See, e.g. Robert B. Silver, Position Statement
on Child Custody Evaluations, Assn..
AFCC 12th Symposium
on Child Custody Evaluations, Atlanta, November 4, 2016.
Workshop presented at the 10th AFCC Symposium
on Child Custody Evaluations, Phoenix, 11/2/2012 (with Robert Kaufman, Ph.D.) Intermittent Evaluative Mediation with Enduring Post-Divorce Conflict.
(MP3) AFCC Seventh Symposium
on Child Custody Evaluations, October 2006 Mary A. Connell, EdD, ABPP, Dianna Gould - Saltman, JD, R. John Harper, LLB, David A. Martindale, PhD, Moderator: Arnold Shienvold, PhD
Co presented with Coates, C. A., Flens, J. R., Hobbs - Minor, E., & Nachlis, L. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 6th International Symposium
on Child Custody Evaluations.
Promoting Coparenting After Divorce: A Relational Perspective
on Child Custody Evaluations in Italy.
Not exact matches
If there's a
custody evaluation — which entails home visits by a mental health professional to observe and interview the
child and family — minimize the impact by not building it up too much or coaching her
on what to say.
Child Custody and / or Parenting Time
Evaluations can take a long time — anywhere from three to six months depending
on the case.
In family law disputes, parenting assessments — also called bilateral assessments,
custody and access reports, parenting
evaluations and so
on — are reports prepared by mental health professionals aimed at providing parents and the court with recommendations about the parenting arrangements that are in the best interests of the
children.
Dr. Evans is an approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists by the American Psychological Association and has been approved by many U.S. legal bar associations to conduct continuing legal education
on a variety of topics, including Litigating Family Law Cases with Parent Alienation, and Critiquing and Reviewing
Child Custody Evaluations.
Child custody evaluations apply — or more accurately, don't apply — principles and constructs from professional psychology in completely haphazard, random, and idiosyncratic ways based on the biases and personal attitudes of the evaluator, and there is absolutely no inter-rater reliability to the conclusions and recommendations reached by the child custody evaluator, meaning that two different evaluators can reach entirely different conclusions and recommendations based on the same
Child custody evaluations apply — or more accurately, don't apply — principles and constructs from professional psychology in completely haphazard, random, and idiosyncratic ways based
on the biases and personal attitudes of the evaluator, and there is absolutely no inter-rater reliability to the conclusions and recommendations reached by the
child custody evaluator, meaning that two different evaluators can reach entirely different conclusions and recommendations based on the same
child custody evaluator, meaning that two different evaluators can reach entirely different conclusions and recommendations based
on the same data.
As far as the conclusions and recommendations from
child custody evaluations, they just make up whatever they want based
on their own personal beliefs and inherent personal biases, they then apply some psychological constructs in entirely haphazard and idiosyncratic ways to justify whatever biased and idiosyncratic conclusion was reached, and they usually take a middle - of - the road risk - management response of recommending the status quo with the addition of «reunification therapy» and an admonishment to both parents that the degree of parental conflict is harming the
child and that the parents need to co-parent better.
If there is any forensic psychologist who disagrees, there is a Comments section to the blog — cite for me a single research study
on the inter-rater reliability for
child custody evaluations — and cite for me a single research study demonstrating the construct validity, content validity, predictive validity, concurrent validity, or divergent validity for the conclusions and recommendations from
child custody evaluations...
Signs of a Bad
Custody Evaluation (J. Klass) Therapeutic Jurisprudence Index CCHR
on Psychology and the Courts (Excellent)
Child Custody Evaluations — Reevaluating the Evaluators Right of First Refusal in Parenting Plans
Child Custody Evaluators «In Their Own Words» Parenting Coordination, a bad idea Parenting Coordinator Practical Considerations Those Joint
Custody Studies Florida Handbook
on Discovery 2007 - 2010 Clark v. Clark, September 15, 2010 Fla. 4th DCA: «material harm of an irreparable nature [to allow] expert to exclude recording, reporting or other people from being present».
Not only can parents end up spending their
children's future college tuition in court
on custody fights with expenses for lawyers and psychological
evaluations and court fees, but it can also exact an emotional toll that can affect a family for generations to come.
The Standards acknowledge and have drawn
on the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Model Standards of Practice for
Child Custody Evaluations (2006), the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Child Dispute Services Professional Directions for Family Consultants, and the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia Family Violence Best Practice Principles — edition 3.1 (2013).
The ACE survey provides a common language for the Pediatric Rapid
Evaluation Program (PREP), which provides evaluation to all children on entry into the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, from five counties
Evaluation Program (PREP), which provides
evaluation to all children on entry into the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, from five counties
evaluation to all
children on entry into the
custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, from five counties in Maine.
Richard Gardner, MD, in his book Family
Evaluations in
Child Custody Disputes (1981), provides this explanation of the importance of grandparents to grandchildren: «Although parents will
on occasion idealize their
children, grandparents are much more likely to do so.
A CNA (
custody neutral assessment) is a program used in some NJ counties (such as Burlington) in which a family therapist meets with both parties (and sometimes the
children, depending
on their age) for one extended session and does an abbreviated
evaluation of what parenting plan would be in the
children's best interest, in that evaluator's opinion, based
on the one - session meeting.
If the parents are not able to come to an agreement as to
custody, the court may appoint a
custody evaluator, a psychologist who will conduct psychological
evaluations of the parents, possibly also of the
children depending
on their ages, meet with the parents and the
children, and who will write an
evaluation report with a recommendation.
Elena has presented at numerous venues
on topics such as
custody evaluation and mediation, parenting plans, alternatives to court, guiding
children through high conflict divorces, managing negotiations, conflict resolution, and ethics.
Legal professionals, attorneys and courts, rely
on sound, reliable, unbiased and valid
evaluations in
child custody disputes.
The recommendations contained in
child custody evaluations exert considerable influence
on the outcome of a case.
Without apparently any concern at all for the impact of her recommendations
on the
children involved, she has earned large fees coming up with outrageous
custody evaluations and recommendations that not infrequently are to separate perfectly normal primary caregiving mothers from their
children for extended periods of time.
ABPP, conducted forensic
evaluations in multiple
child custody cases in 2005 - 2006, from which quotes are excerpted
on this page (Case One is from 2003).
If you're in the middle of a divorce in Bellevue, Washington, and you and your spouse can not agree
on who will have
custody of your
child, you may be subject to a
child custody evaluation process.
Custody Evaluations - What are they, what you need to look out for and how to combat bad evaluations Custody Agreements - Clauses you need to avoid conflict and not have to go back to court over and over Child Support - Learn how different states handle child support and what you can do to not be taken advantage of Restraining Orders - How to avoid them and deal with an unexpected restraining order False Allegations - Learn how to avoid false allegations and protect yourself when accused Parental Alienation - Recognize the signs and learn how to combat alienation Co-Parenting - Learn about co-parenting and if it will be possible in your situation Parallel Parenting - Parallel parenting can be implemented in high conflict custody situations Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitation
Custody Evaluations - What are they, what you need to look out for and how to combat bad evaluations Custody Agreements - Clauses you need to avoid conflict and not have to go back to court over and over Child Support - Learn how different states handle child support and what you can do to not be taken advantage of Restraining Orders - How to avoid them and deal with an unexpected restraining order False Allegations - Learn how to avoid false allegations and protect yourself when accused Parental Alienation - Recognize the signs and learn how to combat alienation Co-Parenting - Learn about co-parenting and if it will be possible in your situation Parallel Parenting - Parallel parenting can be implemented in high conflict custody situations Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitat
Evaluations - What are they, what you need to look out for and how to combat bad
evaluations Custody Agreements - Clauses you need to avoid conflict and not have to go back to court over and over Child Support - Learn how different states handle child support and what you can do to not be taken advantage of Restraining Orders - How to avoid them and deal with an unexpected restraining order False Allegations - Learn how to avoid false allegations and protect yourself when accused Parental Alienation - Recognize the signs and learn how to combat alienation Co-Parenting - Learn about co-parenting and if it will be possible in your situation Parallel Parenting - Parallel parenting can be implemented in high conflict custody situations Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitat
evaluations Custody Agreements - Clauses you need to avoid conflict and not have to go back to court over and over Child Support - Learn how different states handle child support and what you can do to not be taken advantage of Restraining Orders - How to avoid them and deal with an unexpected restraining order False Allegations - Learn how to avoid false allegations and protect yourself when accused Parental Alienation - Recognize the signs and learn how to combat alienation Co-Parenting - Learn about co-parenting and if it will be possible in your situation Parallel Parenting - Parallel parenting can be implemented in high conflict custody situations Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitation
Custody Agreements - Clauses you need to avoid conflict and not have to go back to court over and over
Child Support - Learn how different states handle child support and what you can do to not be taken advantage of Restraining Orders - How to avoid them and deal with an unexpected restraining order False Allegations - Learn how to avoid false allegations and protect yourself when accused Parental Alienation - Recognize the signs and learn how to combat alienation Co-Parenting - Learn about co-parenting and if it will be possible in your situation Parallel Parenting - Parallel parenting can be implemented in high conflict custody situations Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitation ri
Child Support - Learn how different states handle
child support and what you can do to not be taken advantage of Restraining Orders - How to avoid them and deal with an unexpected restraining order False Allegations - Learn how to avoid false allegations and protect yourself when accused Parental Alienation - Recognize the signs and learn how to combat alienation Co-Parenting - Learn about co-parenting and if it will be possible in your situation Parallel Parenting - Parallel parenting can be implemented in high conflict custody situations Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitation ri
child support and what you can do to not be taken advantage of Restraining Orders - How to avoid them and deal with an unexpected restraining order False Allegations - Learn how to avoid false allegations and protect yourself when accused Parental Alienation - Recognize the signs and learn how to combat alienation Co-Parenting - Learn about co-parenting and if it will be possible in your situation Parallel Parenting - Parallel parenting can be implemented in high conflict
custody situations Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitation
custody situations
Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitation ri
Child Protective Services - Learn your rights when CPS shows up
on your doorstep Domestic Violence - Allegations of domestic violence is often used in
custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitation
custody cases, learn how to protect yourself Contempt of Court - Denied visitation rights?
Also, the American Psychological Association, in its Guidelines for
Child Custody Evaluations in Divorce Proceedings includes Gardner's works
on this subject in «Pertinent Literature» at the end of the guidelines.
On occasion, evaluations sometimes called «social investigations» can be ordered to determine timesharing issues including parenting plans (formerly called «child custody») can include home visits to meet the children, contacting individuals who know the family, reviewing medical / school records and perform psychological testing on all members of the familie
On occasion,
evaluations sometimes called «social investigations» can be ordered to determine timesharing issues including parenting plans (formerly called «
child custody») can include home visits to meet the
children, contacting individuals who know the family, reviewing medical / school records and perform psychological testing
on all members of the familie
on all members of the families.
Here are a few tips
on how to address issues of
child maltreatment in
custody evaluations.
The most common reasons for bringing about a
child custody evaluation is if co-parents can not come to an agreement
on the details of their
custody agreement or if one or both co-parents believe that their current
custody agreement is not meeting the needs of their
child.
When parents can't agree
on how to structure the
custody of the
children, a judge can order a
custody evaluation to assist the court in determining the best interests of the
children.
She served
on the boards of the Family Mediation Council of Louisiana and Voices for
Children; chaired a subcommittee
on Evaluator Standards and Guidelines for the Louisiana State Bar Association Family Courts Committee and sat
on the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Task Force for
Child Custody Evaluation Standards.
Task Force
on Guideline for Examining Intimate Partner Violence: A Supplement to the AFCC Model Standards of Practice for
Child Custody Evaluation (PDF)
Invited workshop presentation at the Annual AFCC / AAML Conference
on Advanced Issues in
Child Custody:
Evaluation, Litigation, and Settlement, San Diego, September 15, 2017.
The Guidelines were developed as a supplement to the AFCC Model Standards of Practice for
Child Custody Evaluation and were designed to assist members of AFCC and others who conduct child custody evaluations, and examine how they should identify the occurrence of intimate partner violence and the possible effects on children, parenting, and co-paren
Child Custody Evaluation and were designed to assist members of AFCC and others who conduct child custody evaluations, and examine how they should identify the occurrence of intimate partner violence and the possible effects on children, parenting, and co-par
Custody Evaluation and were designed to assist members of AFCC and others who conduct
child custody evaluations, and examine how they should identify the occurrence of intimate partner violence and the possible effects on children, parenting, and co-paren
child custody evaluations, and examine how they should identify the occurrence of intimate partner violence and the possible effects on children, parenting, and co-par
custody evaluations, and examine how they should identify the occurrence of intimate partner violence and the possible effects
on children, parenting, and co-parenting.
Parenting coordination, domestic abuse, mediation - arbitration, collaborative law, supervised visitation,
custody evaluation, and
child protection and dependency mediation began to appear
on conference programs as members searched for effective family dispute resolution processes.
The 2011 Conference
on Advanced Issues in
Child Custody:
Evaluation, Litigation and Settlement was held in Philadelphia.
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She was also selected by Los Angeles Superior Court Judges to serve
on the Downtown Los Angeles Psychiatric
Custody Evaluation Panel and has performed numerous child custody evalu
Custody Evaluation Panel and has performed numerous
child custody evalu
custody evaluations.
A court may require
custody evaluations when parents can not agree
on who should get
custody of
children or settle
on a visitation plan.
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In October 2011, at the beginning of a hearing
on one of the Father's emergency motions, and based
on DCF investigator and GAL testimony that in turn was based
on Jacobson's
custody evaluation, family court Judge Renee Goldenberg — instead of holding an evidentiary hearing — abruptly announced that she was sheltering the
child in the
custody of the state.
Recognition of the developments of Dr. Gardner's contribution began with his first book
on this topic, Family
Evaluation in
Child Custody Litigation published in 1982, and it was followed by The Parental Alienation Syndrome and the Differentiation Between Fabricated and Genuine
Child Sex Abuse in 1987.