The Best Interests of the Child: The Least Detrimental Alternative
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Book Overview
In The Best Interests of the Child, published between 1973 and 1986, the authors speak in one voice in concluding that the continuity of care - continuity of a child's relationship with his or her adult caregiver - is a universal essential to the child's well-being. The authors stress that minimizing intrusions by the law is paramount to safeguarding the child's growth and development. The least detrimental alternative - the authors overarching guideline for assuring the continuity of the psychological parent-child relationship - has been cited in more than a thousand child custody cases since 1973.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0684835460
ISBN13:9780684835464
Release Date:February 1998
Publisher:Free Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.13 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Provides a good framework to help sort out issues of what is really "best" for children.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book should be mandatory reading for all those who aspire to be advocates for children- anyone in the family court system (judges, lawyers, guardian ad litems), legislators and most especially workers in the child protection services.
Three "...Best Interests of the Child" volumes in one book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Very comprehensive, well written, includes all three volumes-Before the Best Interests and Beyond the Best Interests in this one volume.
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