Insights and Analysis From Experts

Choose a subject below to read in-depth studies from clinical child psychologists and other experts specializing in the fields of child development and family separations.

Child Well-Being & Best Interests

“Equal Parenting Time: The Case for a Legal Presumption”

AUTHOR: William Fabricius PUBLICATION: Oxford Handbook of Children and the Law, ed. by J. G. Dwyer, 2019

“Shared Parenting After Parental Separation: The Views of 12 Experts”

AUTHORS: Sanford L. Braver & Michael E. Lamb. PUBLICATION: Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 59(2018)5, 372-287

“Preface to the Special Issue: Shared Physical Custody: Recent Research, Advances, and Applications”

AUTHOR: Linda Nielsen PUBLICATION: Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 59(2018)4, 237-246

“Children’s and Parents’ Well-Being in Joint Physical Custody: A Literature Review”

AUTHOR: Anja Steinbach PUBLICATION: Family Process, 10(2018)10, 1-20

“Arguments Against a Presumption of Shared Physical Custody in Family Law”

AUTHOR: Edward Kruk PUBLICATION: Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 59(2018)5, 388-400

“Child Adjustment in Joint Physical Custody Versus Sole Custody: A Meta-Analytic Review”

AUTHORS: Amandine Baude, et al. PUBLICATION: Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 57(2016)5, 338-360

“Child Adjustment in Joint-Custody Versus Sole-Custody Arrangements: A Meta-Analytic Review”

AUTHOR: Robert Bauserman PUBLICATION: Journal of Family Psychology, 16(2002)1, 91-102

Systematic review and theoretical comparison of children’s outcomes in post-separation living arrangements

AUTHOR: Laura M. Vowels, et al. PUBLICATION: PLoS ONE 18(6): e0288112. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288112

High Conflict Parents

“Does Shared Parenting Help or Hurt Children in High-Conflict Divorced Families?”

AUTHOR: Nicole E. Mahrer PUBLICATION: Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 59(2018)4, 324-347.

“Joint Versus Sole Physical Custody: Outcomes for Children Independent of Family Income of Parental Conflict”

AUTHOR: Linda Nielsen PUBLICATION: Journal of Child Custody, 15(2018)1, 35-54

“Re-Examining the Research on Parental Conflict, Coparenting, and Custody Arrangements”

AUTHOR: Linda Nielsen PUBLICATION: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 23(2017)2, 211-231.

Parental Alienation

“Parental Alienating Behaviors: An Unacknowledged Form of Family Violence”

AUTHORS: Jennifer J. Harman, Edward Kruk, and Denise Hines PUBLICATION: Psychological Bulletin 144(2018)12, 1275-1299

Parental Alienation: The Blossoming of a Field of Study”

AUTHORS: Jennifer J. Harman, William Bernet, and Joseph Harman
PUBLICATION: Current Directions in Psychological Science 28(2019)2, 212-215

Parental Alienation, Traditional Therapy, and Family Bridges: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why: Part II of II”

AUTHOR: Demonthenes Lorandos
PUBLICATION: American Journal of Family Law 34(2020)4, 415-423

Parental Alienation in U.S. Courts, 1985 to 2018”

AUTHOR: Demonthenes Lorandos
PUBLICATION: Family Court Review (April 28, 2020)

“Ten Parental Alienation Fallacies that Compromise Decisions in Court and in Therapy”

AUTHOR: Richard A. Warshak
PUBLICATION: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 46(2015)4, 235-249

Parental Alienation, Traditional Therapy, and Family Bridges: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why: Part I of II”

AUTHOR: Demonthenes Lorandos
PUBLICATION: American Journal of Family Law 34(2020)1, 9-17

“Allegations of Family Violence in Court: How Parental Alienation Affects Judicial Outcomes”

AUTHOR: Jennifer Harman & Demosthenes Lorandos
PUBLICATION: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law (December, 2020)

Infants & Toddlers

“Night Shifts: Revisiting Blanket Restrictions on Children’s Overnights With Separated Parents”

AUTHOR: Richard A. Warshak PUBLICATION: Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 59 (2018)4, 282–323

“Stemming the Tide of Misinformation: International Consensus on Shared Parenting and Overnighting”

AUTHOR: Richard Warshak PUBLICATION: Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 30(2017)1, 177-217.

“Should Infants and Toddlers Have Frequent Overnight Parenting Time with Fathers? The Policy Debate and New Data”

AUTHOR: William V. Fabricius & Suh Go Woon
PUBLICATION: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 23(2017)1, 68-84.

“Social Science and Parenting Plans for Young Children: A Consensus Report”

AUTHOR: Richard A. Warshak PUBLICATION: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20(2014)1, 46-67.