Best Practices for Custody, Parenting Time, and Change of
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Best Practices for Custody, Parenting Time,
and Change of Domicile Evaluations         In October of 2009,
the Michigan Judicial Institute held a custody evaluator
training for friend of the court personnel. During one session,
the moderators collected best practice tips from those in
attendance. Those tips are compiled below. Most are phrased as
questions that FOC personnel can ask the parents (or simply
consider) when addressing the issues of child custody, parenting
time, and change of domicile. Note: Child custody “best
interest” factors (i) and (l) do not appear in the following
list because those factors were addressed during a different
session of the MJI training.
Child Custody Factors             and the child.
Questions to Ask:        Note: This factor focuses on the
current bond between the child and the parents.