What is there about the MMPI scales that make them the most frequently used measures in assessing parents in child custody evaluations? The extensive research detailing the instruments’ validity and effectiveness is highlighted to illustrate the empirical basis of the test in this application. Early research with the MMPI on parental behavior and problems established the test’s utility in under...

The purpose of this study was to examine the ways in which abuse that occurred during marriage/relationship continued within divorce and custody-related legal proceedings. Twenty-seven women participated in semistructured interviews. Interviews were analyzed utilizing a grounded theory approach in order to inductively arrive at a theory explaining how abuse dynamics may continue during legal pr...

An ancient Buddhist story I tells of a young mother who took her baby son to the pond of the sage Mahosadha to bathe him. A ghoul, watching from a distance, assumed the form of a woman and approached the mother and son, asking if she might play with the child. The ghoul took the child in her arms, singing softly to it. All of a sudden the ghoul ran off with the child, while the mother pursued, ...

This article provides national estimates of the current and potential impact of private child support transfers on the economic well-being of custodial and noncustodial families following marital dissolution. Mothers and children fare dramatically worse than fathers after marital dissolution; these differences, however, would be much more pronounced in the absence of private child support. Simu...

Most child abuse and neglect reports do not reach the juvenile court. However, those that do constitute a significant and demanding portion of the court's workload. These cases are often the most serious and require intense efforts at preserving the family and a temporary or permanent change in custody for the child. The children involved are increasingly very young and have histories of repeat...

Regarding child custody after divorce, Indonesia adheres to a sole system with reference the Compilation of Islamic Law. However, in recent years Religious Courts have implemented shared which refers Marriage Law and Child Protection Act as considerations by taking into account best interests child. This paper tries examine comparatively legal basis governing joint rights for minors. The method...

Abstract The doctrine of ‘best interests the child’ has guided courts in determining post-divorce child custody cases Taiwan since 1996 amendments to Civil Code. Amended Article 1055-1 requires judges consider factors such as ‘the age, sex, and wishes occupation, character, health condition, economic lifestyle parents.’ However, previous studies have not clarified which primary. This article co...

This paper offers a brief review of the current literature related to the interviewing of children during child custody evaluations. In particular, the paper highlights several key issues and concerns, and provides a series of recommendations for professionals working in this area. These recommendations (which apply to children aged 3 to 12 years) are organised under the following headings: (a)...

OBJECTIVE Child abuse in the context of legal and de facto marital breakdown has received little attention internationally. Many believe it does not exist in this context and regard it as just a "gambit in the divorce wars." Recently, however, family courts in a number of countries have become concerned over the management of child abuse allegations in custody and access cases, known more commo...