Four issues have dominated much of the academic discussion of child-custody law during
recent years. The first, and perhaps most conspicuous, centers on how much weight should�…

In the evolution of custody law, preferences favoring the father and mother have been
replaced by a more elusive criterion that emphasizes the best interest of the child. The�…

Q NE of the most difficult tasks facing courts in the development of a pragmatic jurisprudence
is the shaping of decisional standards, rules, and exceptions, which will achieve a workable�…

A survey of child custody cases and commentary yields the following, most depressing
conclusions: everyone agrees that awarding custody is one of the trial judge's most delicate�…

I am honored by your invitation to come here to give the John R. Coen Lecture this year. I am
also thankful for the opportunity to speak about a subject which has been close to my heart�…

Child custody cases pack more emotion than almost any other area of law. For parents, a
custody fight is probably the most stressful time in their lives. 2 For children, it is a time of�…

The manner in which courts decide questions of custody has undergone a radical change
within the last one hundred years. At early common law the father had the exclusive and�…

One of the most difficult decisions facing a judge is the determination of child custody in
disputed marital dissolution proceedings. It is seldom a choice of" the best of two worlds."�…

Before they reach the age of eighteen, almost one-third of the children in the United States
will experience the divorce of their parents." Deservedly, considerable scholarly attention�…

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, adopted by eighteen states, facilitates the
solution of many of the interstate problems of child custody litigation by introducing greater�…