title: Current trends affecting family law and child custody. A psychiatrist's perspective.
abstract: The author details the various trends that have emerged in the field of child advocacy. Among the issues he discusses are parental and children's rights in custody cases, the best interest standards, pressure groups and their influence, enforced mediation, and conciliation courts.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D004243:Divorce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D014481:United States