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Family Advocate Magazine

Family Advocate, the quarterly news-and-feature membership magazine of the Section of Family Law, addresses current family law topics and provides useful how-to articles in every issue. For more than 20 years, mental health professionals, judges, family lawyers, and their clients have turned to Family Advocate for practical information and advice on handling increasingly complex cases.

The Family Advocate website includes an Archive Listing, Ordering Information, and an Online Library (where Section members are able to read Family Advocate online (excluding Client Handbooks). Only Section members will enjoy the exclusive benefit of reading FA online, so Join the Section now!

Featured Issue: Volume 30, No. 4 (Spring 2008)
Lawyers & Psychologists Working Together on Custody

Advocate cover, Lawyers & Psychologists Working Together on Custody

This issue of Family Advocate offers sound advice and an in-depth look at how experienced family law attorneys work with skilled mental health professionals to meet the needs of divorcing families throughout the custody evaluation process. Lawyers and psychologists authored these articles which are sure to provide direction and a basis for further inquiry. Learn what to tell your client about mediation, the custody evaluator, or a custody evaluation; understand how to choose the best custody expert witness; discover the essentials of a forensic child custody evaluation, and much more. Monthly columns include Tools of the Trade and Fast Forward.

Section members may view this issue's content online. Non-section members can see what they'll be missing by checking out the Table of Contents.

Sample Articles
You'll find these and other articles in this issue of Family Advocate:

View Table of Contents for full listing of features and departments.

Buy now! You can also order a copy of this issue via the ABA Web Store. (Bulk discounts are also available; please call 1-800-225-2221 and reference product code 513-1100-3004.)

Publication Date: April 2008

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Your divorcing (or recently divorced) clients of middle age will benefit greatly from our latest Client Manual. Topics include how divorce affects retirement, financial fitness, health-care coverage, grandchildren, and much more. It will also help those who are feeling overwhelmed, and those wondering what to do if a soon-to-be former spouse may be suffering from dementia or other age-related problems that may compromise that person's competence. Purchase in bulk and distribute to all of your clients for as little as $3.00 per copy.

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Previous Issue Update

Relocation
A Delicate Balance of Competing Interests

See the updated chart from "State Statutes on Relocation." Members may login to read the issue online.

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