RESPONDING TO THE CALL FOR CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATORS TO JUSTIFY THE REASON FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXISTENCE: SOME THOUGHTS ON KELLY AND RAMSEY (2009)

Family Court Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 544-551

  Austin, William G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

best interests of child; child custody evaluation; ethics; forensic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952523281     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2009.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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