Under what circumstances will a court order a marriage, family or child psychologist to investigate and prepare a report concerning child custody matters?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from M.F. v. D.M., E053722 (Cal. App. 2012):
Under Evidence Code section 730, courts regularly appoint marriage, family, or child psychologists to investigate and prepare reports concerning child custody matters, with the parties often sharing the cost of the court-ordered evaluations. (See, e.g., In re Marriage of Moschetta (1994) 25 Cal.App.4th 1218, 1232; Lester v. Lennane (2000) 84
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