Interviewing of Children for Family Law Matters: A Review

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Turoy-Smith, Katrine M
Powell, Martine B
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2017
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Objective: This study aims to provide a review of the current literature on the interviewing of children for family law matters as an up-to-date resource for practitioners who might be starting out in, or considering entering, the family law arena and as a guide for future research. Method: This study is a literature review of publications concerning the purpose and practice of child interviews in family law matters. Specifically, this review is structured around the following questions: (a) what is sought from interviews with children for family law matters; (b) what capacity do children have to provide reliable information; and (c) how should children and how are children currently being interviewed in the family law context. Results: Research on the interviewing of children for family law matters is still in its infancy, with the majority of the work concentrated on providing guidelines, principles, and suggestions for interviews without an evaluation of whether these guidelines or suggestions are being utilised or whether they are effective. Conclusions: No one has yet extensively examined how child interviews for parenting disputes are being conducted. Overall, the aim of future research should therefore include investigation of: (a) how children are actually being interviewed for reports in family law proceedings; (b) what effect known interviewing techniques have in the family law context; and (c) how best practice interviewing can be developed and applied for assessments in family law proceedings.

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Australian Psychologist

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52

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3

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Psychology

Cognitive and computational psychology

Forensic psychology

Law in context

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Psychology, Multidisciplinary

best interests

child interviews

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Turoy-Smith, KM; Powell, MB, Interviewing of Children for Family Law Matters: A Review, Australian Psychologist 2017, 52 (3), pp. 165-173

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