Challenging Issues in Child Custody Disputes: A Guide for Legal and Mental Health Professionals

This detailed manual provides best practices in conducting and participating in child custody assessments in situations that involve high domestic conflict and special challenges relating to relocations in domestic disputes. As a companion volume to Child Custody Assessments: A Resource Guide for Legal and Mental Health Professionals, it goes into more detail about difficult child custody situations including moves and relocations, especially relocations in high-conflict situations; understanding domestic violence and its impact on families; differential assessments and the courts' perspective in high conflict situations; sexual abuse allegations; and child alienation and its impact on families, together with judicial remedies.