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This chapter addresses the scope of interviewing parents when a child custody evaluation has been ordered by the court in a divorce or parentage case. The chapter identifies key questions to ask parents about the following:
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Their personal histories;
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Details about their relationship while together and since deciding to separate;
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Details about their children, their parenting and decision making styles, their parenting strengths and weaknesses.
This chapter also identifies questions to ask when the following special concerns have existed in their histories, including substance abuse, mental illness, and domestic violence.
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Meyer, K. (2016). Interviewing Parents Involved in Child Custody Evaluations. In: Goldstein, M. (eds) Handbook of Child Custody. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13942-5_4
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