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Mental Health Experts in Family Law: How They Work

By Mary Kay Kisthardt and Barbara Handschu
September 03, 2003

The roles of mental health professionals in child custody litigation are both varied and important. In these cases, there may be a treating professional for one of the parties, or there may be a therapist for the child. The court may appoint a mental health professional to conduct a custody evaluation.

One of the parties may hire a mental health professional as a consulting expert, retained to assist counsel by conducting a peer review of the evaluation performed by the appointed mental health professional. Each of these roles and the legal rules associated with them are discussed in this article.

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