A Judge’s Guide

RECURRING ISSUES
1 Margaret Tortorella, When Supervised Visitation is in the Best Interests of the Child, 30
FAM. L. Q. 199, 201 (1996). Some states that follow the “best interest”
approach are Connecticut (CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 46b-59); Florida (FLA.
STAT. ANN. § 61.13(2)); N.C. GEN. STAT. § 50-13.2 (b)); Texas (TEX. FAM.
CODE ANN. § 153.002); Utah (UTAH CODE ANN. § 30-3-5(5)(a)). Two states
that follow the “entitlement” approach are Illinois (ILL. REV. STAT. CH. 750,
para. 5/607(a)) and Kansas (KAN.STAT.ANN. § 60-1616(a)).
2 FLA.STAT.ANN. § 61.13(3); see also N.D. CENT.CODE § 14.09.06.2(1).
3 Tortorella, supra note 1, at 201.
4 Id.
5 See, e.g., Hendrickson v. Hendrickson, 603 N.W.2D 896 (N.D. 2000).
6 See, e.g., LA.REV.STAT.ANN. § 9:364.
7
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES, MODEL CODE
ON DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE §§ 402, 405 (1994).
8
Id. at § 405.
9
Robert B. Straus, Supervised Visitation and Family Violence, 29 FAM. L. Q. 299, 234
(1995); California Center for Families, Children & the Courts (CFCC),
Supervised Visitation: A Look at the Research Literature 1 (March 2000)(available at
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/cfcc/pdffiles/svupdate.pdf).
10
Straus, supra note 9, at 234.
11 CFCC, supra note 9, at 1.
12 Straus, supra note 9, at 234.
13 Id.
14 Id.
15 Id.
16 CFCC, supra note 9, at 1.
17 Id.
18 NANCY K.D. LEMON, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN: RESOLVING
CUSTODY AND VISITATION DISPUTES,ANATIONAL CURRICULUM 58 (1995).
19 Straus, supra note 9, at 234-35.
20 LEMON, supra note 18, at 67.
21 LEMON, supra note 18, at 67.
22 LEMON, supra note 18, at 67.
23 Straus, supra note 9, at 249.
24 Straus, supra note 9, at 250.
25 Straus, supra note 9, at 250.
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