The Psychiatrist and Child Custody Contests
JACK C. WESTMAN M.D.1
1 Professor of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, 427 Lorch St., Madison, Wis. 53706
The author discusses problems in divorce cases involving children—problems of securing adequate representation for the children, determining their best interests, and discovering the effect of the divorce procedure on them. He recommends establishing better legislative and psychiatric guidelines to protect children in divorce cases.
