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INTRODUCTION; STEPHEN N. SPARTA; SECTION I: FOUNDATION OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: ATTACHMENT AND PARENT INSIGHTFULNESS; CHAPTER 1. ATTACHMENT AND CHILD CUSTODY: THE IMPORTANCE OF AVAILABLE PARENTS; GWYNNETH SMITH, BRIANNA COFFINO, PATRICIA VAN HORN, AND ALICIA LIEBERMAN; CHAPTER 2. PARENTS' INSIGHTFULNESS: THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE INNER WORLD OF THE CHILD IN MIND FOR PARENTING PLAN EVALUATIONS; DAVID OPPENHEIM AND NINA KOREN-KARIE; SECTION II: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDREN'S ADJUSTMENT TO PARENTS' SEPARATION; CHAPTER 3. RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILD AND ADOLESCENT ADJUSTMENT FOLLOWING SEPARATION AND DIVORCE: SOCIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; JOAN B. KELLY; CHAPTER 4. QUALITY OF MATERNAL AND PATERNAL PARENTING FOLLOWING SEPARATION AND DIVORCE; IRWIN SANDLER, SHARLENE WOLCHIK, EMILY B. WINSLOW, NICOLE MAHRER, JOHN A. MORAN, AND DAVID WEINSTOCK; CHAPTER 5. SUPPORTING FATHER INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF SEPARATION AND DIVORCE; MARSHA KLINE PRUETT, CAROLYN PAPE COWAN, PHILIP A. COWAN, AND JILLIAN S. DIAMOND; SECTION III: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDREN'S ADJUSTMENT TO TIME-SHARING; CHAPTER 6. SHARED-TIME PARENTING: AN EVIDENCED BASED MATRIX FOR EVALUATING RISK; JENNIFER MCINTOSH AND BRUCE SMYTH; CHAPTER 7. PARENTING TIME, PARENT CONFLICT, PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL HEALTH; WILLIAM V. FABRICIUS, KARINA R. SOKOL, PRISCILA DIAZ AND SANFORD L. BRAVER; CHAPTER 8. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ON PARENTING PLANS AND CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING; MICHAEL LAMB; SECTION IV: CHILDREN'S DISORDERS THAT REQUIRE SPECIALIZED PARENTING; CHAPTER 9. CO-PARENTING CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS; LAUREN MEDNICK AND GERALD KOOCHER; CHAPTER 10. CO-PARENTING CHILDREN WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; RACHEL BIRNBAUM, LUCYNA M. LACH, DONALD T. SAPOSNEK AND RADHA MACCULLOCH; CHAPTER 11. CO-PARENTING CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SUZANNE KERNS AND RON PRINZ; SECTION V: PARENT BEHAVIORS AFFECTING CO-PARENTING AND PARENT- CHILD RELATIONSHIPS; CHAPTER 12. GATEKEEPING AFTER SEPARATION AND DIVORCE; LARRY GANONG, MARILYN COLEMAN AND GRAHAM MCCAULLEY; CHAPTER 13. EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF ALIENATION; MICHAEL SAINI, JANET R. JOHNSTON, BARBARA JO FIDLER, AND NICHOLAS BALA; CHAPTER 14. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD CUSTODY; JENNIFER HARDESTY MEGAN HASELSCHWERDT, AND MICHAEL P. JOHNSON; SECTION VI: PRESENT AND FUTURE CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES; CHAPTER 15. NEVER MARRIED PARENTS IN FAMILY COURT; LIZA HITA AND SANFORD L. BRAVER; CHAPTER 16. GAY AND LESBIAN PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN: RESEARCH RELEVANT TO CUSTODY CASES; SUZANNE M. JOHNSON AND ELIZABETH O'CONNOR; CHAPTER 17. CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF DIVORCE AND PARENTING; MICHAEL SAINI AND JENNIFER MA; CHAPTER 18. RELOCATION IN CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTES; WILLIAM AUSTIN; SECTION VII: SCIENCE AND THE LAW; CHAPTER 19. JUDICIAL IMPACT: THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD AND THE DAUBERT AND FRYE EVIDENTIARY FRAMEWORKS; DANIEL W. SHUMAN AND ALEX BERK