Introduction
The Mental Health Expert′s Many Possible Roles
Fundamental Questions in Most Custody Evaluations
The Children and Their Needs - A Developmental Perspective
Conducting the Evaluation - Part I: Observations and Techniques
with Adults
Conducting the Evaluation - Part II: Observations and Techniques
with Children
Sharing the Results of the Evaluation - The Evaluation Report
Complex Issues
Professional Issues
Philip Stahl, PhD, ABPP (Forensic), is a psychologist in private
practice that conducts child custody evaluations and provides
expert witness testimony. He is a provider of continuing education
for psychologists and other mental health providers, and attorneys
and Family Law Specialists in California. He has conducted
trainings throughout the United States and internationally for
child custody evaluators and others working with high-conflict
families of divorce. He has presented workshops for judges
throughout the country and is on the faculty of National Judicial
College and is a frequent presenter at programs of the National
Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
As a Board member of the Association of Family and Conciliation
Courts, he was on the task force that drafted AFCC’s “Model
Standards of Practice for Child Custody Evaluation”. He was a
member of the American Bar Association Wingspread Task Force on
High Conflict Families. Dr. Stahl is on the Editorial Review Board
of AFCC’s journal, Family Court Review and the Journal of Child
Custody. Along with his teaching, Dr. Stahl has written extensively
on various issues in high-conflict divorce and custody evaluations.
His previous books have been Conducting Child Custody Evaluations:
A Comprehensive Guide, Complex Issues in Custody Evaluations, and
Parenting After Divorce, 2nd Edition, and he is the co-editor of
Relocation Issues in Child Custody Cases. His child custody
evaluation was cited by the California Supreme Court in its
landmark decision modifying 8 years of relocation case law in 1994
(In re Marriage of LaMusga 32 Cal.4th 1072, 12 Cal.Rptr.3d 356, 88
P.3d 81). Most recently, Dr. Stahl was on the workgroup appointed
by the Arizona Supreme Court that re-wrote Arizona’s “Planning for
Parenting Time” (2010).
When he has free time, Dr. Stahl enjoys traveling, playing golf,
and relaxing with family and friends.
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