Levin Amy, Mills Linda G
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA.
Soc Work. 2003 Oct;48(4):463-70. doi: 10.1093/sw/48.4.463.
This study presents national data on each state's legislative approach to custody cases involving allegations of domestic violence. Battered women's advocates have successfully lobbied in some states for rebuttable presumption statutes that direct judges to deny sole or joint custody to abusive parents unless they present persuasive evidence establishing their suitability to obtain custody. Other states--at the behest of fathers' rights advocates--have adopted factor tests in which judges consider domestic violence as "one factor" in determining custody. Our findings suggest that each regulatory schema has strengths and weaknesses, but that these approaches have been developed without the benefit of intensive study.
本研究展示了关于各州在涉及家庭暴力指控的监护权案件上立法方式的全国性数据。受虐妇女权益倡导者已在一些州成功游说通过了可反驳推定法规，这些法规指示法官除非虐待父母能提供有说服力的证据证明其适合获得监护权，否则不得给予其单独或共同监护权。其他州——在父亲权利倡导者的要求下——采用了因素测试，即法官在确定监护权时将家庭暴力视为“一个因素”。我们的研究结果表明，每种监管模式都有优缺点，但这些方法在制定时并未受益于深入研究。
