Difficulties and dilemmas in the expertise of children in the processes of parental divorce
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Divorce from parent figures is a time of high stress for both parent figures and their children. During divorce situations increases this stress: the differences in perception of both parental figures, economic situations, social changes, the possibility existence of gender violence or other family violence. In these conflictive cases, an expert opinion about the children can requested with the claim that this
result influences the benefit each one of the parental figures. Experts in parental divorce is a highly complex issue due to the form and content of the
issues to be addressed and because it must be submitted the report to the judge. In this paper, the characteristics and minimum contents that must
be included in an expert opinion in these conditions are exposed
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