Modern practices, relying on the best interests of the child standard, also include consistent consideration of children's preferences in making custody determinations. An important factor in this context is the accuracy with which a child describes domestic relations, especially in contested cases with...
MultiUn It is further concerned at reports of suspicion towards claims of child abuse in custody cases, based on the dubious theory of “parental alienation syndrome”. 委员会还关注根据不靠谱的“疏亲综合症”理论,对监护案件中虐待儿童的指控表示怀疑的报告。 UN-2 LOAD MORE The...
Guidelines for custody evaluations recommend multiple ways for assessing the parent-child relationship and outline appropriate means of assessing special issues such as domestic violence, child abuse, and substance use. However, little is known about the implementation of these guidelines in practice. Thi...
Parents with intellectual disabilities are often subject to child protection interventions. The research shows that cases involving a parent with an intellectual disability will most likely end up in child welfare court. For many of these families, parenting capacity assessments are often requested to ...
The guiding cases also involve some high-profile cases concerning child abuse by a family member, the illegal sale of alcohol to minors, custody rights, and visitation rights for grandparents. Thursday was the first time that the SPC has published guiding cases that specially concern the protection...
The volume focuses on civil aspects of interstate and international child custody and abduction cases. Based on the UCCJA, the PKPA, the Hague Convention, and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA), the volume explains when a court has jurisdiction to make an initial custody dete...
Bow, J N.; Quinnell, F A.; Zaroff, M; Assemany, A 2002: Assessment of sexual abuse allegations in child custody cases Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 33(6): 566-575 Awad, G.A. 1987: The assessment of custody and access disputes in cases of sexual abuse allegations Canad...
Homosexual individuals are seeking child custody more today than in the past. Legal precedent in this area is not clearly established. Therefore, the prediction of outcome in a particular case is difficult. The four major areas discussed in this paper are current constitutional issues, legal approac...
Today, no such doctrine controls in Nevada and the Court’s determination of custody hinges only on the child’s best interest. The Court is required to consider and set forth specific findings related to the following factors: The wishes of the child (if he or she is old enough to form...
Due to its focus on pediatric hospitals, CHIRPP potentially provides a valuable source of CM data. To our knowledge, there are no studies that have exclusively examined child maltreatment using the CHIRPP database. This study: (1) describes CM cases identified in the CHIRPP database between...