The Best Interests of the Child: Much Ado about Nothing?
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Description
There is a fundamental paradox in the way child custody disputes are resolved. Under the traditional standard for resolving such disputes, the court must decide the case on the basis of the “best interests” of the child. Yet the very use of this standard often produces results that are inconsistent with the “best interests” of the particular child or children.
First Page
27
Source Publication
Child, Parent, and State: Law and Policy Reader
Source Editors/Authors
S. Randall Humm, Beate Anna Ort, Martin Mazen Anbari, Wendy S. Lader, William Scott Biel
Publication Date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press
Recommended Citation
Martin Guggenheim,
The Best Interests of the Child: Much Ado about Nothing?,
Child, Parent, and State: Law and Policy Reader
27
(1994).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/1271
