Contested Child Custody and Mental Illness [2]
Jurisdiction:
- Minnesota [3]
Area of Law:
- family custody [4]
In a contested child custody dispute, if one of the parents suffers from mental illness, it is a factor to be considered in the court's custody decision. Many parents going through a custody battle suffer from conditions such as clinical depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder or a personality disorder...
To continue reading more of Gerald O. Williams' article about Minnesota law with regard to parents with mental illness, go to the Minnesota Divorce and Family Law Blog [5]. The blog's homepage can be viewed here [6].