Download or read book The Best Interests of the Child written by Joseph Goldstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The least detrimental alternative", the authors' seminal principle for safeguarding a child's growth and development by minimizing intrusions of the law, has been cited in more than 1,000 child custody cases since 1973.