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The following child custody topics below are provide to help parents and others understand
many of the topics and/or issues that surface in the context of child custody disputes and
those matters where there is involvement from the family court system, litigation, and family
law attorneys.
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730 Child Custody Evaluation
Child custody evaluations arise predominantly in the context of child custody disputes
and have become quite common place in the family court system. In California, a child custody
evaluation or "730 Evaluation", is often ordered with the intent of finding a parenting plan or custody
arrangement, which is "in the best interest of the child", when parents have been or are unable to do so.
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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a emerging concept that covers a
variety of processes by which disputes between parties can be settled outside the
courtroom without a trial. Alternative Dispute Resolution models are typically casual
and flexible in nature as compared to trial.
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Articles on Divorce and Child Custody
Find articles on divorce issues and child custody issues. Articles
are provided to help educate and inform you of various
divorce and child custody related issues and topics.
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Attorney's Hidden Agenda
There is much controversy in regards to the consistency in character, ethics, and conduct
of attorney's or lawyers who practice family law today. Most family law attorney's are paid by
the hour, therefore, it behoves them to litigate, bolstering up cases and neglecting
cooperation or settlement between the two parties. This is what is referred to as the
"Attorney's Hidden Agenda". Nevertheless, attorney's who choose not to follow
the business and professional rules of conduct can be disciplined and/or disbarred.
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Celebrity Divorce and Celebrity Child Custody News
Provides links and information about hollywood celebrities and their
divorce and custody issues making the news.
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Child Play Therapy
According to Mark L. Brenner, MFCC, in play, children interact with toys and other people as they enter new relationships, experiences and rehearse new skills and solutions. It is where they learn meaning, spontaneity and self-awareness. Play becomes the source and strategy for coming to terms with the challenges of self and how that relates to their outside and inside worlds.
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Child Protective Services (CPS)
Child Protective Services (CPS), sometimes referred to as the
Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is a government funded agency of
social workers that investigates reports of abuse and neglect of children. With
experts estimating that 75 and 80 percent of child abuse allegations reported are
completely false, there is much skepticism and controversy in regards to the training
and underlying motives of many of these overworked social service workers that often
refer to themselves as "validators".
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Domestic Violence or Family Violence
Domestic violence and family violence is a term that is commonly used to describe a coercive behavior in which an individual will attempt to control another through threats, physical violence, assault and/or abuse. Some examples of domestic violence abuse and family violence may include physical abuse, sexual abuse, economic abuse, emotional abuse or psychological abuse of one family member or intimate partner by another. In most states, domestic violence and family violence includes assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or murder of one household member by another household member.
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Domestic Violence in California
Domestic violence as it relates to child custody in California is addressed in the California family code section 3044.
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Domestic Violence and Child Custody
There are heavy consequences and/or risks associated with child custody for those who engage or are accused of domestic violence or family violence in the context of divorce or child custody and visitation in the family court.
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Collaborative Law
"Collaborative Law", one of the latest buzzwords used in the Family Law
Community. This is a new, evolving, effective, and highly promoted litigation alternative
to resolve disputes in the Family Court System.
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False Allegations of Abuse
False Allegations of Abuse have become an international epidemic in the Family
Court System. Whether a false allegation of abuse is made maliciously, or out of
genuine concern for the welfare of a child, the result is the same for the accused.
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State Professionals Directory
Search our family law attorney directory. Family law attorneys focusing on custody and divorce related matters and cases. Do not settle for a general attorney. Find the right family law attorney to help you with your divorce and child custody.
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In the Best Interest of the Child
Joint-custody through shared and cooperative parenting, is what is "in the best interest
of the child". For a child, the best parent is both parents. Parents may have the right
to separate or divorce each other, but the child has the right to live with and love both parents.
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Mediation, Arbitration, Altenative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Gerald F. Phillips is regarded as one of the most experienced attorneys in mediation and arbitration
in the country and is best known for his work within the entertainment industry, a medium where he
has spent nearly 40 years. Phillips has combined his two professional passions: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Ethics. Phillips
turned his life-long commitment to "resolution of all disputes through ethical solutions" into effective ADR advocacy.
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Legal Custody
Legal custody refers to a parent of divorce or separation having the right and responsibility to make decisions regarding the upbringing of their children. Legal custody also relates to the general welfare of the child in the context of child custody and divorce. Legal custody is much different than physical custody.
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Mediation
Mediation is a common form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) that may be available to you to work out your disagreements regarding child custody and/or visitation. Often times the family courts will provide mediation through the Family Court Services department or Conciliation Court.
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The "Move-Away" or Relocation Case
One of the most difficult issues that the family court faces is the dilemma that arises
when parents share custody of their children and one parent decides to move away or relocate out of
the general geographic area that the children have been accustom to.
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In The News
Provides links and information on child custody issues making the news.
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Parental Alienation (PA)
Parental Alienation (PA) occurs when a parent displays alienating behaviors and attitudes
that destroy the child's relationship with the other parent. As Dr. Douglass Darnall
points out, there are different levels of severity, ranging from an occasional name
calling to a conscious and obsessive campaign to destroy the children's relationship
with the targeted parent.
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Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)
The Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is a very specific subtype of Parental Alienation,
which arises primarily in the context of child custody disputes. According to Dr. Richard
Gardner, PAS is made up of two very distinctive factors; (1) "brainwashing" by one
parent to denigrate the other parent and (2) unjustified, self-created, and denigrating
contributions by the child towards the target (alienated) parent.
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Parenting Plan
When parents divorce or separate and a child is involved decisions about where the child will live, how the child will be raised, and the routine decision making about the child's upbringing is often a difficult and emotional issue for parents to sort out in the mist of their divorce.
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Parenting Plan Benefits
When parents come to an agreement on a detailed parenting plan that reflects the overall best interest of their child they will often enjoy a more stable, predictable, and consistent schedule by reducing the amount of misunderstandings, conflicts, and legal costs often associated with litigation and the courts.
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Physical Custody
Physical custody involves the day-to-day care of a child and where a child will live when parents divorce or separate.
Physical custody is much different than legal custody.
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Types of Custody
Child custody includes two fundamental aspects with respect to the family courts, namely, where the child will live, physical custody, and decision making regarding the upbringing and raising of the child, legal custody.
- Child Custody Articles - Articles related to child custody issues.
- Child Custody Statistics - Statistics related to child custody and divorce.
- Temporary Child Custody - Information on temporary child custody agreements and orders.
- Child Custody Agreements - Information about child custody agreements and orders.
- Child Custody Papers - Information about filing child custody papers.
- Child Custody Form - Information about child custody forms.
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