A recent House Bill to unanimously pass the Indiana House of Representatives addresses issues of guardianship and custody and the inclusion of information from the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) and Children in Need of Services (CHINS) in the guardianship and custody proceedings. House Bill 1041provides that if a …
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During a pending paternity, divorce, or child custody matter, often, questions and concerns arise by one or both parties regarding the other parent, and their relationship, parenting style, dynamics, and parenting time with the child(ren). When these concerns arise, one way to approach the situation is to ask for a …
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In Part I of this blog post, two of the “mistakes” that often occur by nothing more than human nature in a custody evaluation were discussed: (1) trying to answer psychological testing in a favorable way, and (2) coaching children to a degree before a custody evaluation. It is important …
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One tool frequently used in a paternity or divorce, or post-paternity or divorce or custody modification, is requesting a custody/parenting time evaluation. An evaluation is helpful for many reasons. Globally, it is a tool used to allow a mental health professional to observe the parent-child relationship from a neutral, third-party …
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Testing Reliability of Information: Stereotype Induction and Source Monitoring A common occurrence in domestic (divorce or paternity) litigation involving children, from parenting time disputes to custody modification, is for a court to order a custody evaluation (A party may also be ordered to participate in Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau evaluation …
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