Psychologists’ Practices Compared to the Expectations of Family Law Judges and Attorneys in Child Custody Cases

Journal of Child Custody

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-60

  Ackerman, Marc J ^a   Ackerman, Melissa C ^b   Steffen, Linda J ^c   Kelley Poulos, Shannon ^d  

^a Clinical and Forensic psychologist   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology   (United States)

^d St Michael's Fam Practice Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Custody; Judges; Lawyers; Psychologists

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645296189     PISSN: 15379418     EISSN: 1537940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J190v01n01_04     Document Type: Article

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