Custody and Access: A NAWL Brief to the Special Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access

1 March 1998
March 1, 1998

NAWL’S brief to the Special Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access examines the issue relating to disputed custody claims between parents. The brief outlines NAWL’s recommendations to the Committee, with a focus on the “best interest of the child” standard, violence and abuse against women and children, access and custody arrangements, mediation and women’s access to legal advice and legal aid.

Custody and Access: A NAWL Brief to the Special Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access
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