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This interdisciplinary volume offers international perspectives on the crucial question of whether the Best Interest of the Child should be the primary consideration to decide child custody cases in case of divorce or separation, or whether it should be one of a range of primary considerations.
About the author
José Manuel de Torres Perea is Associate Professor of Civil Law at the University of Málaga, Spain, specialising in Family Law. He is the author of significant contributions on shared parenting and the best interests of the child in Spanish legal literature.
Edward Kruk is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of British Columbia, specialising in child and family policy. He has published extensively on shared parental responsibility, child custody determination, parental alienation, family mediation and the role of fathers in child development. He is the inaugural president of the International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP).
Margarita Ortiz-Tallo is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Málaga, Spain, and has lectured in several countries. She has written numerous articles published in scientific journals, several specialist books on psychopathology and books for the general public on different psychological subjects.
Summary
This interdisciplinary volume offers international perspectives on the crucial question of whether the Best Interest of the Child should be the primary consideration to decide child custody cases in case of divorce or separation, or whether it should be one of a range of primary considerations.
