Use of collateral contacts in child custody evaluations

Journal of Child Custody

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 95-109

  Kirkland, Karl ^a   McMillan, Edward Leigh ^b,c   Kirkland, Kristen Leigh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child custody; Collateral contacts; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749505258     PISSN: 15379418     EISSN: 1537940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J190v02n04_08     Document Type: Article

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