Family Division

The family services unit shall, at the request of the judicial authority, provide assistance with regard to issues concerning custody, visitation, finances, mediation, case management and such other matters as the judicial authority may direct, including, but not limited to, an evaluation of any party or any child in a family proceeding. If an evaluation of a party or child is requested by the judicial authority, counsel for the party or child shall not initiate contact with the evaluator, unless otherwise ordered by the judicial authority, until the evaluation is filed with the clerk pursuant to Section 25-60 (b). (P.B. 1998.) (Amended June 14, 2013, to take effect Jan. 1, 2014.)