I provide child custody evaluations for families experiencing the trauma
of separation and divorce within Ascension Parish and surrounding areas.
These evaluations are conducted in the client’s home, where I interview all
family members, make behavioral observations, and observe parent’s
interactions with their children prior to making any recommendations
to the court system.

In providing child custody evaluations, I seek to obtain all of the
information required for child custody decisions based on the
Best Interests Standard. The information is then assessed in the
context of the most recent social science research on issues related
to child custody.

In order to assess parental fitness and the best interests of the children,
the child custody evaluation addresses the following questions:

1. What is the ability of each parent to parent the children effectively?
2. What parenting tasks has each parent carried out in the past?
3. What kind of relationship does each parent have with the children?
4. How effectively can the parents cooperate with each other?
5. Does either parent have physical or mental health problems that
interfere with their parenting abilities?
6. What is each child’s adjustment and personality style?
7. Are there any patterns of domestic violence or
child abuse in the family?
8. What are the custody wishes of each parent and each child?