ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ISSUES INVOLVED IN ACTING AS A PSYCHOLOGIST PARENT COORDINATOR IN CHILD CUSTODY CASES

Family Court Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 576-582

  Sullivan, Matthew J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ethics; high conflict divorce; parent coordination; special master

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844449221     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.174-1617.2004.tb00670.x     Document Type: Article

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