Part I: Professional Issues. Ethical Issues in Child Custody Evaluations / Mark L. Goldstein --Best Interest Factors in Child Custody Evaluations / Mark L. Goldstein --A Judicial Perspective on Child Custody Evaluations / Donna-Jo Vorderstrasse --Part II: Interviewing/Observation. Interviewing Parents Involved in Child Custody Evaluations / Daren Grais Meyer --Interviewing Children and Adolescents in Child Custody Cases / Mark L. Goldstein --Observing Parents Interact with Children : All Too Infrequently Asked Questions (and Answers) / Daniel J. Hynan --Uses of Collateral Sources of Information in Forensic Child Custody Examinations / Daniel S. Lobel --Part III: Psychological Assessment. Current and New Developments in Psychological Testing for Child Custody Disputes / Allan Posthuma --Projective Personality Assessment in Child Custody Evaluations / Mark L. Goldstein --Supplemental Parenting Inventories used in Custody Evaluations / Kathleen Holland, PsyD --Empirically Assisted Assessment of Family Systems : The Bricklin Scales / Barry Bricklin and Gail Elliot --Alcohol/Drug Abuse Issues in Child Custody Evaluations / David Gates --Assessment of Mental Disorders in Custody Evaluations / Allison M. Foster --How to Assess for Domestic Violence / David Finn --Evaluating Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse in Custody Disputes / Kristine M. Jacquin and Audrey G. Masilla --Part IV: Specialized Issues. Child Custody Evaluations : In Cases where Parental Alienation is Alleged / Demosthenes Lorandos and J. Michael Bone --Relocation Evaluations in Child Custody Disputes / Audrey G. Masilla and Kristine M. Jacquin --Impact of Conflicted Child Custody on School, Behavioral, and Social Outcomes : An Ecological Approach / Stephen J. Morewitz --A Methodology Primer for Conducting Bonding Studies in Child Custody Evaluations : Integration with Neuroscience / Michael J. Perrotti --Cults, Extremist Movements, and the Child Custody Evaluation : Pitfalls and Strategies / Steve K. D. Eichel --Family therapy with Families in Intractable Conflicts about Child Custody and Visitation / Jay Lebow and Noel Slesinger --Part V: The Custody Report and Case Studies.