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Model Standard 4.6(b) of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts' Model Standards of Practice for Child Custody Evaluation urges evaluators "to utilize and make reference to pertinent peer-reviewed published research in the preparation of their reports." If I were to assert that research shows that more evaluators are citing research in their reports, I would expect to be asked what research I am alluding to. There is none.

20 minute read December 31, 2013 at 11:00 PM
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David A. Martindale
Lawyering and Psychological Research

Model Standard 4.6(b) of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts' Model Standards of Practice for Child Custody Evaluation [Family Court Review, 45:1, 70'91] urges evaluators “to utilize and make reference to pertinent peer-reviewed published research in the preparation of their reports.”

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