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How are custody assessments done?
An assessment usually begins with an initial meeting with each parent and their lawyers. Then the assessors will meet individually with family members (sometimes including extended family like grandparents or aunts and uncles), and the children. They will meet with the children alone and with the parents, sometimes at their offices, and sometimes in the parents' homes. They will often talk to the children's teachers, the family doctor, and others with relevant knowledge about the children.
You should make sure that the assessor meets with everyone you think has important information to contribute to the decision about custody. Sometimes, psychological testing of the children is done.
July 2006
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Content last reviewed 20:45, 16 October 2008.