CRITIQUE OF CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATIONS BY THE LEGAL PROFESSION

Family Court Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-127

  Bow, James N ^a   Quinnell, Francella A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

child custody evaluations; child custody reports; family law; forensic; forensic reports; legal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746581675     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.174-1617.2004.tb00637.x     Document Type: Article

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