A Judge’s Guide

RECURRING ISSUES
ASSOCIATION COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,JUDICIAL CHECKLIST 1
(2008)(available online at
http://www.abanet.org/domviol/publications/187815-ABA_Checklist-
FINAL.pdf)(hereinafter “JUDICIAL CHECKLIST”).
102 BROWN, et al., supra note 79, at 104-05.
103
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS, U.S. DEP’T OF JUSTICE, SPECIAL REPORT,
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: ESTIMATES FROM THE REDESIGNED SURVEY 4
(NCJ – 154348, August 1998).
104
BROWN, et al., supra note 79, at 106.
105 Zorza, supra note 82, at 1117.
106 BROWN, et al., supra note 79, at 107.
107 Id. at 106.
108 Id.
109 Naomi R. Cahn, Civil Images of Battered Women: The Impact of Domestic Violence on
Child Custody Decisions, 44 VAND.L.REV. 1041, 1058-59 (1991).
110 Id. at 1059.
111 As of 1997, 44 states and the District of Columbia require courts to consider
domestic violence in custody cases. National Council of Juvenile and Family
Court Judges, Family Violence in Child Custody Cases: An Analysis of State Codes of
Legal Practice, 29 FAM. L. Q. 197 (1998).
112 Howard Davidson, The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children, ABA REP. TO THE
PRES.OF THE ABA 13 (1994).
113 Matthews, supra note 81, at 2.
114 For an updated summary of the state law regarding custody cases involving
domestic violence, see Child Custody and Domestic Violence by State (available
online at http://www.abanet.org/domviol/docs/Custody.pdf).
115
Id.
116
Id.
117 JUDICIAL CHECKLIST, supra note 101, at 3.
118 Matthews, supra note 81, at 3.
119 Id. at 2.
120 Id. at 3.
121 Id.
122
See, e.g., CAL. FAMILY CODE § 3110.5 (child abuse and domestic violence
training required for evaluators); CAL.WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONAL CODE §
218.5 (domestic violence training required for minors’ counsel).
123
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, supra note 111, at 201.
143 143