Risk Reduction Interventions in the Child Custody Relocation Case

When a custodial parent chooses to relocate to a new community, the child of divorce faces a life transition that is potentially even more traumatic than the parental break-up. Recent developments in Relocation Law have guided courts to generally allow the custodial parent to move away with the child. Divorce effects research and a recent model of risk assessment for relocation suggest factors that predict potential harm or protection for the child. Family mediators and psychotherapists have important roles to play in reducing the risk. These tasks are described and six aspirational principles of risk reduction for relocation suggested

Child custody · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Harm · Harm reduction · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Relocation · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Family Support in Illness · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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