[1] Also, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts publish guidelines that apply to the custody evaluators.
Concerns about the evidentiary basis for a custody recommendation include: Critics argue that the lack of formal process may infringe the legal right of a person to the procedural due process, which is guaranteed by Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
Also, if a custody case is appealed, the lack of a formal record makes it very hard to object to the content of a final evaluation report.
[5][9][10][11][12][13][14] Some critics argue that no scientific evidence exists that a child custody evaluation results in a better outcome for children.
[15] They suggest that research data on the subject shows that child custody evaluations can have negative effect on the family.