The Child Custody Book

, by Stewart, James W.

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ISBN: 9781886230279 | 1886230277
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/1/2000

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Introduction

(4)

How Custody Decisions Are Made: An Overview

(18)

Young Children and Preteens

(2)

Mature Preteens and Teenagers: Voting With Their Feet

(2)

If Teenagers Vote With Their Feet, What Is the Voting Age?

(1)

How Do Children Make Their Wishes Known?

(1)

By What Process Does the Custody Evaluator Arrive at a Recommendation?

(2)

Who Is the Most Important Person to Persuade in a Court Custody Dispute?

(1)

Temporary Versus Permanent Custody

(2)

What You Can Do If the Other Parent Is Awarded Custody by an Ex Parte Order Without Notice to You?

(1)

Will the Judge Rubber-Stamp the Temporary Custody Award at the Time of the Decision on Permanent Custody?

(2)

What Should You Do If the Evaluator's Recommendation Goes Against You?

(1)

If You Decide to Contest the Recommendation of the Neutral Evaluator, How Should You Go About It?

(4)

How to Conduct Yourself During the Custody Evaluation

(16)

The Initial Interview

(5)

Should You Go Negative in Your ``Campaign'' for Custody?

(1)

You and Your Child Meet Together With the Evaluator

(2)

Tell the Truth; Don't Exaggerate

(1)

Whose Child Is It?

(1)

Private Versus Public Evaluation

(1)

When Is a Private Evaluator to Be Preferred?

(6)

The Role of Attorneys in Custody Litigation

(14)

Do You Need an Attorney to Represent You?

(3)

How to Choose an Attorney

(3)

How Will You Know If an Attorney Has Sufficient Experience to Handle Your Custody Case?

(1)

Whom Should You Not Hire?

(1)

How Do You Choose an Attorney to Represent You?

(2)

Changing Attorneys---Beware of the Stigma Involved

(2)

Suppose Your Attorney Wants to Withdraw from the Case?

(3)

Protecting Your Child

(14)

Protecting Your Child Will Not Hurt Your Custody Case

(2)

How Do Most Parents Act?

(1)

The Symptoms of Emotional Damage

(1)

What Can Divorcing Parents Do to Protect Their Children?

(1)

What Kind of Therapist Do Children of Separation Need?

(11)

When Parents Are the Problem

Protecting Your Child From the Other Parent

(1)

Certain Persons Can Assist You in Proving Parental Alienation

(5)

Possible Parenting Plans

(8)

Joint Custody/Equal Time-Sharing

(1)

The Standard Plan

(2)

Supervised Visitation

(1)

Suspended Visitation

(4)

Psychological Evaluations

(14)

How to Approach a Psychological Evaluation

(1)

When Is a Complete Psychological Evaluation of the Parents Helpful?

(1)

What Are the Limitations of a Psychological Evaluation?

(1)

Who Gets Evaluated?

(1)

When Does the Evaluation Begin?

(1)

How Should You Act During a Psychological Evaluation?

(2)

What Psychological Testing Will Likely Be Required?

(2)

Can You ``Beat'' the Tests?

(1)

Confidentiality

(2)

What About Testing the Children?

(1)

Suppose a Psychological Evaluator Concludes That You Have a Personality Disorder?

(4)

Relocation Cases: The Custodial Parent Can Move Away With the Children

(10)

A 180-Degree Change in the Law

(2)

...And Back Again--The Current Law

(1)

What If One Parent Under a Joint Custody Plan Wants to Relocate With the Children?

(2)

The Effect of Burgess on Child Custody Litigation

(1)

The Effect of Burgess on Other States

(1)

Do Not Relocate Your Children Without the Permission of a Court or the Written Permission of the Other Parent

(4)

Child Abuse and False Accusations of Molestation

(10)

What Constitutes Neglect of a Child?

100

(1)

What If the Judge Concludes That a Child Is Being Abused?

101

(1)

The Molestation Charge

102

(1)

How to Respond to a Charge of Child Molestation

103

(6)

Domestic Violence: Things Have Changed

109

(8)

How to Protect Yourself and Your Children

110

(2)

Should You Reveal Abuse to the Custody Evaluator?

112

(1)

Warn the Courthouse Deputies in Advance That a Dangerous Person Will Be Present at the Courthouse

113

(1)

What About Your Safety After a Court Hearing?

114

(1)

How the Law Treats the Custody Rights of Abusers

114

(3)

Parental Alienation

117

(8)

Evidence of Parental Alienation

118

(1)

What Can Be Done About Parental Alienation?

119

(2)

Alienation During Abduction

121

(1)

Proving That the Other Parent Is Alienating the Child

122

(3)

Will the Court Be Fair? Gender Bias, Forum Shopping, and Challenges

125

(8)

Bias on the Bench?

125

(2)

Should You Shop for a Judge?

127

(1)

Challenging a Judge--Peremptory

128

(1)

Challenging a Judge--Cause

129

(4)

Child Support

133

(14)

Variations Among the States

134

(1)

Factors Determining Child Support

134

(1)

Parent Income and Child Support

135

(1)

New-Mate Income

136

(1)

High-Income Parents

137

(1)

Unemployed by Choice--``Really Lazy'' Parents

138

(1)

Multiple Families--The Battle for Dollars

139

(2)

Parent Expenses and Child Support

141

(1)

Health Care and Medical Expenses

141

(1)

Child Care Expenses

141

(1)

Assigning Wages for Support

142

(1)

What Are We Fighting About?

142

(1)

The Attitude of Judges Toward Child Support Schedules

143

(4)

Attorneys and Fees in Custody Litigation

147

(6)

How Much Will It Cost?

147

(1)

Do I Really Need an Attorney in a Custody Case?

148

(1)

Should You Be Your Own Attorney?

148

(1)

Will Fees Be Awarded to the Low Earner?

149

(4)

Glossary

153

(10)

Index

163

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