Mental health professionals play a significant role in assessment, rendering expert opinions, and making dispositional recommendations in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. Although there have been recent efforts to develop guidelines for practice, little is known about how evaluators actually prefer to proceed in such evaluations, or whether there is consensus with respect to how to proceed. The survey of Massachusetts child forensic mental health professionals assessed evaluators': opinions, reasons for opinions, and typical practices concerning psycholegal issues associated with child sexual abuse evaluations. Survey questions covered three topics: (1) the evaluation process and methods; (2) the limits of expert opinions and testimony; and (3) child advocacy. In addition to presenting the results of the survey, the author discusses implications for child forensic practice. Table, references