Family evaluation in custody litigation: Reducing risks of ethical infractions and malpractice

G. Andrew H Benjamin; Jackie Gollan; Glenn A. Ally

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Family evaluation in custody litigation: Reducing risks of ethical infractions and malpractice

G. Andrew H Benjamin^*, Jackie Gollan, Glenn A. Ally

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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Abstract

Family Law litigant dissatisfaction with psychological evaluations during high-conflict cases is common and can activate litigants to file ethics complaints or malpractice lawsuits. The most critical aspects of a standardized evaluation protocol that lead to litigants believing that they have been fairly and thoroughly evaluated are discussed specifically.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	101-111
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J158v07n03_07
State	Published - Nov 5 2007

Keywords

Clinical judgment
Evaluation process

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Applied Psychology

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