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Family

May 21, 2015

Raise the bar for child custody evaluations

Custody evaluations, which can sway a court's decision, too often don't meet state standards. A new bill aims to fix that. By Bob Wieckowski


By Bob Wieckowski


They don't often make the headlines or the nightly news, but no court cases are consistently
fought with as much emotion, tension and importance as those involving the custody
of a child. Unfortunately though for the children whose lives can be dramatically
altered by the outcome, custody evaluations, which can sway a court's decision, too
often don't meet state standards du...

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