Domestic Violence: State Child Custody and Visitation Laws
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More than half the states have laws requiring courts to consider domestic violence when making child custody and visitation awards. These standards are an improvement over the view that violence between parents is irrelevant to child custody and visitation, but they still leave a great deal of discretion to the court. Judicial bias and misconceptions about domestic violence and battered women may limit the effectiveness of these laws.
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