July 2023

Welcome to our readers! The July 2023 issue of Family Court Review features an immediate and highly concerning problem discussed in scholarly circles, practitioners' fora, among all professionals involved with families inside outside the legal system. Adolescent mental health has taken a hard hit from both COVID-19 social psychological forces impacting at current time. Drastic times call for bold measures. As youth their experience broader deeper physical issues children adolescents, offers novel format that allows us hear directly people working adolescents “in trenches” family law—about experiences, challenges, innovations. In this month's special feature on adolescent health, co-editors Amy Wilson Marsha Kline Pruett provide detailed introduction within which they describe prevalence nature crisis associated severe distress. They introduce series interdisciplinary articles draw upon topics anxiety, depression, suicidality. These explore limitations law related age consent treatment; interventions parenting coordination, plan evaluations, guardians ad litem, parent–child contact problems; toolkit promote dispute resolution adjudication; techniques manage amid parental conflict. A conclusion by summarizes promising practices distress who intersect various roles, aim promoting awareness new possibilities aid vulnerable generation. Four follow feature. first two continue theme modern life's impact cases. “Attorneys, tell your clients think before post: Social media data may influence how evaluators view fitness,” Ashley Jones, Batastini, Michael Vitacco, Rheanna Standridge, Sean Knuth, highlights as pressing authors' study explored impacts forensic evaluators' opinions fitness. critical attributions posts contentious situations evoke “clients beware” message delineates risks posting media. Next, “Popular post-separation smartphone apps: An evaluation,” Bruce Smyth, Jason Payne, Michelle Irving, Genevieve Heard evaluate popular smart phone apps. catalog benefits apps offer conflict management between parents, but also caution some might do much harm good, enabling ongoing power imbalances intimate relationships sustain control abuse. next are studies implementation aimed shining light potentially better “The development pilot testing treatment court best assessment: model standards scale,” Jessica Becker, Margaret Sieger, Kelly Earles, Karin Thompson-Wise, Kaitlin Hagain focus intractable untreated substance use it negatively foster child welfare Specialized courts careful assessment systems integrated case approach outcomes. Jennifer Dealy, Beth Russell, JoAnn Robinson, “Comparing targeted intervention modalities high co-parents: quasi-experimental study,” contrast (in-person hybrid [in-person/online]) parents. Their findings raise more questions than answers, indicating need research. This rich continues four student notes, each relevant unique aspect practice. Nicole Case, fabulous FCR Managing Editor past year, “There's app that: Modernizing domestic violence support through creation technologies, tools, services,” advocates technology ensure follow-up services victims identified New York state police reports. “All hat no cattle: How House Bill 2926 paves way progress reinstatement rights, falls short providing parents accessible resource,” Heather Coffee moves locale Texas. She calls out lack proper care given system discusses Texas clears petition reinstate rights. Evan Ryan, “Save kids: regulation cryptocurrency protect fraud,” takes cryptocurrency, influencers capitalize naivete young investors. He argues measures could minors such exploitation. Nicholas Trotta, ending very successful role FCR's Peer Editor, “Like bringing knife gunfight: Why IRC Section 2036 is not right weapon combat abusive limited partnerships,” why Limited Partnerships (FLPs) sometimes misused hands Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 2036. appropriate tool FLPs created estate plans. identifies dilemmas interwoven into system, often insufficient or ineffective responses. devoted identifying, studying, analyzing potential antidotes increasingly sophisticated powerful methods harnessing skills wisdom address challenges arise.