Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3 Table 1: Petition for Right of Visitation with Minor Child. Order for Payment of Fees. ....... 4 Section 1: Visitation with Grandchildren ........................................................................ 6 Table 2: Troxel vs. Granville ...............................

In his seminal article, Child Custody Adjudication: Judicial Functions in the Face of Indeterminacy, Robert Mnookin noted the trend in custody law away from deference to “natural parents” (a term of the times) and toward an increased focus upon children’s best interests, implemented through individualized adjudications of those interests. He devoted much of the article to arguing that the best-...

Child custody assessments are among the most complex kinds of psychological evaluations conducted for the courts. There are standards for best practice associated with such evaluations, but relatively little has been written about how such standards apply to custody evaluations involving lesbian and gay parents. This article describes the current legal context surrounding custody determinations...

A judge deciding a contested custody case today faces a very different decision from his or her counterpart of a decade ago. Divorce laws have undergone major changes. No-fault divorce is becoming the norm. The "tender years presumption," which guided judges to award custody routinely to mother, is being replaced by a sex-neutral "best interests of the child" test.' Yet, the best-interests test...

Divorce due to apostasy causes child custody issues, is religion or the welfare of a priority? This study qualitative normative legal research with juridical approach and case approach. Primary data in this are seven decisions Religious Courts regarding divorce by apostate parents determination custody. paper focuses on examining (1) judges' considerations determining children apostasy, (2) pat...

The best-interests-of-the-child standard has been the prevailing legal rule for resolving child-custody disputes between parents for nearly forty years. Almost from the beginning, it has been the target of academic criticism. As Robert Mnookin famously argued in a 1976 article, “best interests” are vastly indeterminate— more a statement of an aspiration than a legal rule to guide custody decisi...

Courts order child custody evaluations to facilitate the process of determining the health, safety, welfare, and best interest of children in disputed custody and visitation situations. Cal. Rules of Ct., Rule 1257.3 sets forth "[u]niform standards of practice for court-ordered child custody evaluations" that are consistent with Fam. Code § § 211 and 3117. These standards require evaluators to ...

Article history: Received 18 February 2016 Received in revised form 17 May 2016 Accepted 17 May 2016 Available online 18 May 2016 Joint physical custody, i.e., children spending an equal amount of time in both parents' home after a separation or divorce, is increasing inmany countries. In line with the national policy to promote paternal involvement in parenting, two-thirds of Swedish preschool...

It has been known for several decades that abuse between married, cohabitating, or dating partners, whether in same-sex or opposite-sex relationships, is a major social and public health problem. Intimate partner abuse (IPA or PA), commonly known as domestic violence, may involve physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, stalking, and domineering and controlling behaviors. It negatively impacts mil...