With the historic focus on preserving the mother - infant attachment while establishing an exclusive home, overnights or extended
visits with the other parent (mostly the father) were long forbidden or strongly discouraged
by judges, custody evaluators, therapists,
mental health professionals, family law attorneys, and not surprisingly, many mothers (e.g., Garrity & Baris, 1992; Goldstein, Freud, & Solnit, 1973; Goldstein, Freud, Solnit, & Goldstein, 1986; Hodges, 1991).