Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributors
Section 1: Social Science Evidence and the Law
Chapter 1. Scientific and Professional Knowledge for Family Court:
Legal Expectations of Experts
Jonathan W. Gould, Milfred D. Dale, Nicki Beth Fisher, and Madeline
R. Gould
Section 2: Foundation of Personality Development: Parental
Insightfulness
Chapter 2. Parents' Insightfulness: The Importance of Keeping the
Inner World of the Child in Mind for Parenting Plan Evaluations
David Oppenheim and Nina Koren-Karie
Section 3: Factors Associated With Children's Adjustment to
Parents' Separation and Time Sharing
Chapter 3. How Do Parenting Time and Interparental Conflict Affect
the Relations of Quality of Parenting and Child Well-Being
Following Divorce?
Nicole E. Mahrer, Irwin N. Sandler, Sharlene A. Wolchik, Emily B.
Winslow, John A. Moran, and David Weinstock
Chapter 4. Father-Child Relationships: The Missing Link Between
Parenting Time and Children's Mental and Physical Health
William V. Fabricius, Karina R. Sokol, Priscilla Diaz, and Sanford
L. Braver
Chapter 5. Supporting Father Involvement in the Context of
Separation and Divorce
Marsha Kline Pruett, Carolyn Pape Cowan, Philip A. Cowan, Lisa
Pradhan, Sarah Robins, and Kyle D. Pruett
Chapter 6. Shared-Time Parenting: Evaluating the Evidence of Risks
and Benefits to Children
Bruce M. Smyth, Jennifer E. McIntosh, Robert E. Emery, and Shelby
L. Higgs Howarth
Chapter 7. Critical Analysis of Research on Parenting Plans and
Children's Well-Being
Michael E. Lamb
Section 4: Children's Disorders That Require Specialized
Parenting
Chapter 8. Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Parental
Separation and Divorce
Rachel Birnbaum, Lucyna M. Lach, and Donald T. Saposnek
Chapter 9. Co-Parenting Children With
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Disruptive Behavior
Disorders
Suzanne E. U. Kerns and Ronald J. Prinz
Section 5: Complex Special Issues Affecting Parenting and the
Stability of the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 10. Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse in Parenting Plan
Evaluations: Assessing Children's Memory and Behavior
Kathryn Kuehnle, Pamela S. Ludolph, and Sonja P. Brubacher
Chapter 11. Gatekeeping After Separation and Divorce
Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman, and Ashton Chapman
Chapter 12. Intimate Partner Violence and Child Custody
Fernanda S. Rossi, Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, and Brittany N. Rudd
Chapter 13. Empirical Studies of Alienation
Michael Saini, Janet R. Johnston, Barbara Jo Fidler, and Nicholas
Bala
Chapter 14. Relocation, Research, and Child Custody Disputes
Patrick Parkinson, Nicola Taylor, Judith Cashmore, and William G.
Austin
Section 6: Cultural and Political Issues
Chapter 15. Cultural Dynamics of Divorce and Parenting
Gitu Bhatia and Michael Saini
Chapter 16. Never-Married Parents in Family Court
Liza Cohen Hita and Sanford L. Braver
Chapter 17. Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Children: Research
Relevant to Custody Cases
Suzanne M. Johnson, Elizabeth O'Connor, and Samantha L.
Tornello
Section 7: Research Applied to Practice
Chapter 18. Considerations for Step-Up Planning: When and How to
Determine the "Right" Time
Marsha Kline Pruett, Robin M. Deutsch, and Leslie Drozd
Chapter 19. Putting It All Together: Effective Intervention
Planning for Children and Families
Lyn R. Greenberg and Jay L. Lebow
Index
Leslie Drozd, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and marriage, family,
and child therapist specializing in family violence, substance
abuse, resistance to contact, trauma, and consultations in
parenting plan and child custody evaluations. She trains judges,
attorneys, and mental health professionals and has a myriad of
professional publications.
Michael Saini, PhD, is Associate Professor and endowed chair of Law
and Social Work at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work,
University of Toronto. He is the Co-Director of the Combined J.D.
and M.S.W. program with the Faculty of Law at the University of
Toronto and the Course Director of the 40-hour Foundations to
Custody Evaluations with the faculty's Continuing Education
Program. For the past 15 years, he has been conducting custody
evaluations and assisting
children's counsel for the Office of the Children's Lawyer,
Ministry of the Attorney General in Ontario.
Nancy Olesen, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, doing
assessment and psychotherapy, specializing in issues affecting
divorcing families and providing expert testimony for family courts
as well as teaching judges, attorneys, and mental health
professionals about these issues and the parameters of competent
practice in family court.
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