Die kliniese sielkundige en die toewysing van kinders in egskeidingsake

• Main Author: Burger, Martinus Charl
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Custody of children - South Africa; Divorce - Law and legislation - South Africa; Family mediation - South Africa; Clinical psychologists - South Africa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9335

M.A. (Clinical Psychology) === The primary aim of this study is to investigate the different subsystems involved in a child custody case. By identifying the various patterns of interaction within each subsystem this work attempts to provide the clinical psychologist with a condensed frame of reference for the role of expert witness in cases of this nature. The study focuses therefore on the legal system in South Africa, the family system in the process of divorce as well as models of assessment used by practicing psychologists when giving expert testimony. In investigating the legal system, the study starts off by highlighting the premises from which the law derives its findings - in both constituted laws and judicial precedents. The best interests of the child as overriding standard is traced through various laws and judicial findings. The study then turns to the latest developments following the promulgation of the Mediation in Certain Divorce Matters Act no 24 of 1987. The hesitancy and doubts that prevail among practitioners of the law concerning this Act are noted. the study initially looks at divorce, then moves on to the the children subsystem.