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WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? WHAT DO EVALUATORS LOOK FOR DURING A COMPREHENSIVE CUSTODY EVALUATION? CAN YOU PREPARE FOR A CUSTODY EVALUATION? What are Custody Evaluations? In most states when there is a custody dispute, the Court appoints a custody evaluator.

We have observed the prejudices covered here among judges who are otherwise fairly intelligent and well meaning.

IT WOULD NOT BE UNUSUAL FOR THE JUDGE HANDLING YOUR CASE TO ORDER A CUSTODY EVALUATION BE SUBMITTED TO THE COURT.

A bias is much like a prejudice.

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Once the custody evaluation is complete the ....

We call a criticism "prejudiced" if we feel that a person is being faulted for something that does not really point to any true negative.

That evaluator may work for Court Services or may be a private individual.

It is of upmost importance to understand these biases (or prejudices) so you can counteract their effect on your custody case.

In a "Custody Evaluation" an evaluator meets with the parties and evaluates the custody issues based on the factors for determining custody that are spelled out by state statutes.

Elliot: "One of the things we want to cover is what is called in the scientific community the role of "bias." Biases are behaviors (here, we speak of those we observed in the psycholegal world) that can work against you, even though the so-called negative item does not really predict bad or poor parenting skills.

Example: If you knew that female judges were prejudiced against men who wear sports shirts because they believed that they were flaunting their masculinity YOU WOULDN'T WEAR A SPORTS SHIRT TO COURT." CHAPTER FIVE Everything You Need To Know About Custody Evaluations THE CUSTODY EVALUATION MAY BE A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN THE DECISION- MAKING PROCESS OF YOUR CHILD CUSTODY CASE.