In child custody litigation, protecting child safety during access with a parent with substance use disorder (SUD) presents a vexing challenge for the court, parents, and parents’ counsel. Standardization of monitoring protocols for this population is lacking. Monitoring protocols utilized in clinical settings and child welfare agencies are not necessarily applicable to child custody litigation. This article is the first of its kind to initiate standardization of monitoring protocols for parental substance use in child custody litigation. This article also proposes the inclusion of, and rationale for, a neutral evaluator and a separate neutral monitor to oversee the monitoring protocol. Topics that inform the practical aspects of protocol design and implementation, such as relapse risk, monitoring duration, treatment recommendations, mandated treatment, mutual help groups, and confidentiality, are described. Family courts and matrimonial counsel benefit from an understanding of the rationale for the evaluation, treatment, and monitoring of parental substance use disorders by individuals with expertise and/or certification in substance use disorders and forensic toxicology.

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在儿童监护权诉讼中监测父母物质使用的协议设计和实施

在儿童监护权诉讼中，在与患有物质使用障碍 (SUD) 的父母接触期间保护儿童安全对法院、父母和父母的律师提出了棘手的挑战。缺乏针对这一人群的监测协议的标准化。在临床环境和儿童福利机构中使用的监测协议不一定适用于儿童监护权诉讼。这篇文章是同类文章中首次启动了儿童监护诉讼中父母物质使用监控协议的标准化。本文还建议包括一个中立的评估员和一个单独的中立监督员来监督监测协议，并提出理由。告知方案设计和实施的实际方面的主题，例如复发风险、监测持续时间、治疗建议、描述了强制治疗、互助组和保密性。家庭法院和婚姻顾问受益于具有物质使用障碍和法医毒理学专业知识和/或认证的个人对评估、治疗和监测父母物质使用障碍的基本原理的理解。