Children in the Crossfire: Child Custody Determinations Among Couples With a History of Intimate Partner Violence

Kernic, Mary A.; Monary-Ernsdorff, Daphne J.; Koepsell, Jennifer K.; Holt, Victoria L.

doi:10.1177/1077801205278042

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Children in the Crossfire: Child Custody Determinations Among Couples With a History of Intimate Partner Violence

Kernic, Mary A., Monary-Ernsdorff, Daphne J., Koepsell, Jennifer K., Holt, Victoria L.·2005·Violence Against Women

DOI 10.1177/1077801205278042

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Although most states mandate considerations of intimate partner violence (IPV) in child custody proceedings, little is known about how often a preexisting history of IPV is effectively presented to the courts in dissolution cases and, when it is, what effect it has on child custody and visitation outcomes. This retrospective cohort study examined the effects of a history of IPV, further categorized by whether substantiation of that history existed and whether the court handling the custody proceedings knew of that history, on child custody and visitation outcomes. The findings from this study highlight several issues of concern regarding the reality of child custody among families with a history of IPV. These include two primary concerns: a lack of identification of IPV even among cases with a documented, substantiated history, and a lack of strong protections being ordered even among cases in which a history of substantiated IPV is known to exist.

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Authors: Kernic, M. A., Monary-Ernsdorff, D. J., Koepsell, J. K., & Holt, V. L.
Affiliations: University of Washington (US)
ORCID: Kernic, Mary A.
Holt, Victoria L.
Venue: Violence Against Women
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2005-08
Volume: 11
Issue: 8
Pages: 991-1021
ISSN: 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
1552-8448
DOI: 10.1177/1077801205278042
OpenAlex: W2119122310
Cited by: 93
References: 46
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 5
FWCI: 6.09
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Social Sciences › Law › Family and Matrimonial Law
Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords: intimate partner violence, child custody, visitation, divorce, child protection, domestic violence
MeSH terms: Adult, Child, Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child Custody, Psychology, Child, Child Welfare, Divorce, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Retrospective Studies, Spouse Abuse, Washington, Cohort Studies, Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic

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