Complex child custody evaluations: Evaluating the alleged incestuous parent

Journal of Child Custody

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 57-97

  Sachsenmaier, Susan J ^a  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alleged sex offender; Child custody; Evaluation; Incest

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247889211     PISSN: 15379418     EISSN: 1537940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J190v02n03_04     Document Type: Article

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