Handbook of Child Custody

Part I: Professional Issues.- Ethical Issues in Child Custody Evaluations.- Best Interest Factors in Child Custody Evaluations.- A Judicial Perspective on Child Custody Evaluations.- Part II: Interviewing/Observation.- Interviewing Parents Involved in Child Custody Evaluations.- Interviewing Children and Adolescents in Child Custody Cases.- Observing Parents Interact with Children: All Too Infrequently Asked Questions (and Answers).- Uses of Collateral Sources of Information in Forensic Child Custody Examinations.- Part III: Psychological Assessment.- Current and New Developments in Psychological Testing for Child Custody Disputes.- Projective Personality Assessment in Child Custody Evaluations.- Supplemental Parenting Inventories used in Custody Evaluations.- Empirically Assisted Assessment of Family Systems: The Bricklin Scales.- Alcohol/drug Abuse Issues in Child Custody Evaluations.- Assessment of Mental Disorders in Custody Evaluations.- How to Assess for Domestic Violence.- Evaluating Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse in Custody Disputes.- Part IV: Specialized Issues.- Child Custody Evaluations in Cases where Parental Alienation is Alleged.- Relocation Evaluations in Child Custody Disputes.- Impact of Conflicted Child Custody on School, Behavioral, and Social Outcomes: An Ecological Approach.- A Methodology Primer for Conducting Bonding Studies in Child Custody Evaluations: Integration with Neuroscience.- Cults, Extremist Movements and the Child Custody Evaluation: Pitfalls and Strategies.- Family therapy with Families in Intractable Conflicts about Child Custody and Visitation.- Part V: Case Studies and Psychological Reports.