HOME-STUDY REPORT

By admin | September 19, 2013

home-study report.Family law. A summary of an investigation into a child’s home, family environment, and background, usu. prepared by a social worker when a child has been removed from his or her home because of abuse or neglect, but also prepared after a similar investigation of the home of potential adoptive parents. — Often shortened to home study. — Also termed custody evaluation; social study.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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