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The Progressive Lawyer: Mandatory Audio-Recording of Forensic Interviews in Child Custody Cases

While the majority of our jurisdictions now have case law to support the premise that audio-taping is mandatory upon request, there has always been a measure of resistance to the concept, generally emanating from a relatively small percentage of practicing custody experts.

22 minute read April 28, 2009 at 08:10 AM
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Curtis J. Romanowski
The Progressive Lawyer: Mandatory Audio-Recording of Forensic Interviews in Child Custody Cases

A certain amount of controversy has arisen over the past decade concerning the litigant's right to preserve on audio media the interviews of mental-health professionals engaged in expert custody and parenting time assessments.

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