Decisions regarding child custody and other parenting arrangements occur within several different legal contexts, including parental divorce, guardianship, neglect or abuse proceedings, and termination of parental rights. The following guidelines were developed for psychologists conducting child custody evaluation, specifically within the context of parental divorce. These guidelines build upon the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct and are aspirational in intent. As guidelines, they are not intended to be either mandatory or exhaustive. The goal of the guidelines is to promote proficiency in using psychological expertise in conducting child custody evaluations.

Response from the Liz Library with clarity, appropriate passion and documentation to the "father's rights" movement's demand for shared parenting and joint custody.

University of California Davis research on various types of child abuse and the effects in later life. Includes presentations to professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association.

This is the website for the National Association To Protect Children, whose non partisan membership focuses on protecting children from abuse, exploitation and neglect. The site features news articles, links to resources, membership projects and discusses political strategies.

This is the website for Stop Child Sexual Abuse, a non profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about and funds for child sexual abuse prevention programs and support services. It discusses the problem of child sexual abuse, features news articles about the organization and the issue, provides information on how to report child sexual abuse and provides links to resources such as the National Domestic Violence Hotline and Child Help USA Hotline.

CAVNET provides an online library for parents, judges, and guardians ad litem dealing with domestic violence and sexual assault custody cases.

The first-hand stories of teens in California. Some have brought their own law suits.

Justice for Children functions as the voice of the abused and neglected child. They are unique in their purpose to advocate and intervene on behalf of the abused and neglected child at any stage of an abused child's case. Their advocacy for a child is not dependent on a court appointment. Therefore, advocacy for the child's safety and protection can become a reality long before the case even goes to court. This distinction is critical when it comes to protecting an abused or neglected child since sometimes by the time the child's case gets to court-it's too late. Of particular interest is their page on "Parental Alienation Syndrome."

Founded in 1996, The Children's Law Center helps at-risk children in the District of Columbia find safe, permanent homes and the education, health and social services they need to flourish. They operate on the philosophy that children's needs don't fit into neat, easy, legal categories. Thus, they have expertise in many of the areas that affect children's well-being – abuse and neglect, adoption, custody, special education, mental health, domestic violence, public benefits and delinquency. Their attorneys help families find housing, furniture and food if it will keep a family together and address a child's needs.

Addresses the reality that family courts across the country are failing to protect abused children. This site helps parents understand that when a parent is the abuser, family courts, increasingly re-victimize the child by placing them in very dangerous and destructive situations.

A wealth of knowledge, resources and opinions on family law, politics and child custody.

List and links to articles addressing the effect of domestic violence on children. See especially Domestic Violence.

This is "the one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month" with link to 13-page article, Violence in the Lives of Children, in Cross Currents, August 2003.

543 children were followed over 20 years to test the independent effects of parenting, exposure to domestic violence between parents, maltreatment, adolescent disruptive behavior disorders, and emerging adult substance abuse disorders, on the risk of violence to and from an adult partner.