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Report From the Field: Update on CCE’s Post Pandemic: The Status of Remote CCEs and What Has Returned To “Normal”?

The world of CCE’s has undergone a drastic change since March of 2020, when the world closed down due to COVID-19.  We are far from the early days of the pandemic when we discovered the viability of conducting child custody evaluations (CCEs) safely and reliably using videoconferencing (VC) and other remote technology.  VC had previously been used in other clinical and forensic populations to provide useful and reliable data with valid and trustworthy results.  Milfred […]

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ASK THREE MENTORS: Which collaterals are typically most and least helpful as witnesses in custody disputes, and why?

edited by Laura Ramsey “Ask Three Mentors” is a question-and-answer column, produced exclusively for Insights, that highlights the fact that members of AFCC are attorneys, judges, and mental health professionals.  Many of our most experienced members are committed to mentoring and passing on the wealth of knowledge they’ve acquired through years of work in the field of family law.  Each month we will pose a custody-related question to three members of our panel of exceptionally […]

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ASK THREE MENTORS: What are some unexpected silver linings that you’ve seen in family law as a result of the Covid-19 shelter-in-place orders?

“Ask Three Mentors” is a question-and-answer column, produced exclusively for Insights, that highlights the fact that members of AFCC are attorneys, judges, and mental health professionals.  Many of our most experienced members are committed to mentoring and passing on the wealth of knowledge they’ve acquired through years of work in the field of family law.  Each month we will pose a custody-related question to three members of our panel of exceptionally experienced and widely respected […]

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ASK THREE MENTORS: Three Things Attorneys Can do to Assist their Clients to Reduce Conflict in Custody Cases

“Ask Three Mentors” is a question-and-answer column, produced exclusively for Insights, that highlights the fact that members of AFCC are attorneys, judges, and mental health professionals.  Many of our most experienced members are committed to mentoring and passing on the wealth of knowledge they’ve acquired through years of work in the field of family law.  Each month we will pose a custody-related question to three members of our panel of exceptionally experienced and widely respected […]

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Stacking the Deck in Favor of Children: What to do When the World Goes Haywire

On November 10, 2020, one week after Election Day, and in the eye of the storm of allegations of election fraud, we (Dr. Matt Sullivan, past president of AFCC International, and retired Commissioner Marjorie Slabach) joined Susan Myers, AAML President, and Gabrielle Davis, attorney with the Battered Women’s Justice Project, to present the Opening Plenary for the International AFCC’s 14th Annual Symposium and Child Custody. On that day we told ourselves and the audience that […]

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