Relocation Issues in Child Custody Cases

ISBN-13: 9780789035349 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 190 str.

Philip Michael Stahl; Leslie M. Drozd

Opis

In the past, the relocation of a parent or child in custody cases was rarely a problem for divorced families-there was little conflict and little need for court intervention. But with the growth of shared custody, more fathers involved in parenting after divorce, and an increase in litigation between conflicted parents, relocation has become a complex issue that's difficult for evaluators, judges, and public policymakers to resolve. Relocation Issues in Child Custody Cases offers a firsthand look at how evaluators investigate, predict, and make recommendations; how judges reach decisions based on those recommendations; and how individual states deal with relocation cases.

Spis treści

• INTRODUCTION
• Introduction to the Volume on Relocation Issues in Child Custody Cases (Philip M. Stahl)
• Relocation, Parent Conflict, and Domestic Violence: Independent Risk Factors for Children of Divorce (William V. Fabricius and Sanford L. Braver)
• A Move in the Right Direction? Best Interests of the Child Emerging as the Standard for Relocation Cases (Linda D. Elrod)
• Exploring Three Functions in Child Custody Evaluation for the Relocation Case: Prediction, Investigation, and Making Recommendations for a Long-Distance Parenting Plan (William G. Austin and Jonathan W. Gould)
• Avoiding Bias in Relocation Cases (Philip M. Stahl)
• Relocation Cases: Analyzing Relevant Evidence (Martha Ann Lott)
• The Problem with Presumptions—A Review and Commentary (Lyn R. Greenberg, Dianna J. Gould-Saltman, and Robert Schnider)
• CONCLUSION
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Philip M. Stahl, Leslie M. Drozd