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SECOND OPINIONS An Ethical and Professional Process for Reviewing Child Custody Evaluations
Author(s) -
Stahl Philip
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.174-1617.1996.tb00428.x
Subject(s) - child custody , psychology , process (computing) , position (finance) , outcome (game theory) , engineering ethics , social psychology , law , political science , criminology , business , computer science , engineering , mathematics , mathematical economics , finance , operating system
When a parent is dissatisfied with the outcome of a child custody evaluation, he or she is tempted to discredit the evaluation. This article addresses many issues associated with the review of child custody evaluations, in particular, the professional and ethical obligations of the reviewer to maintain a neutral, objective position throughout the review process.