➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
NY: For Families in Custody Fights, a ‘Black Hole’ of Oversight
Propublica – March 07, 2017
Though psychologists who appear in New York’s Family and Matrimonial Courts help shape decisions of grave consequence – from custody to child protection to juvenile delinquency – their work is subject to little or no professional oversight, purportedly because the confidentiality of such proceedings makes them hard to penetrate even for regulators.
https://www.propublica.org/article/for-new-york-families-in-custody-fights-a-black-hole-of-oversight