Psychological Evaluations in a Child Custody Case
Recently we had the opportunity to attend a CLE (continuing legal education) seminar where the main speaker was a psychologist named Sean B. Knuth (not affiliated with our firm; this link is not sponsored). Dr. Knuth specializes in psychological evaluations for custody cases and we learned a lot about what those evaluations are and when they are appropriate. What is a psychological evaluation? For custody purposes, a psychological evaluation is meant to determine what, psychologically, is in the best interest of the children. Usually, the evaluator uses methods such as interviews, surveys, observations of parent-child interactions, and examining court records and...
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