What's the usual format for a forensic mental health evaluation done to determine custody/visitation proceedings used in family court? Thanks!
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depends, but they will likely do clinical interviews, interview people who know you, give you various personality/psychopathology/IQ/parenting assessments, such as the MMPI-2 and WISC-IV, and maybe observe you with your children.
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I hope you enjoy the link to get your results since I don't know what type of judge you're asking for.  I hope this helps you out.
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The judge reached the correct legal conclusion.  What is there to react to?  The criminal court system lacks the jurisdiction and is under no obligation to order or arrange for his care.\n\nOn a human, rather than legal, level, none of us has the right to judge his actions during his time of grief, which are more understandable given his mental illness.
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Found this out there on the web: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/parataxic+distortion\n\nKinda seems like this would apply to people that have just gone through a divorce and are comparing their date to them.  Or current events based on influential factors in your past.  Guess one could say they live in the past.  The good ol' days.
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She can file the papers and go to court with all of her documentation.  Believe me, in the long run, even though it seems like forever right now, things will change.  I had the same thing happen to me...I eventually (after 30 days of filing) got the kids back.  Yes, you have to deal with visitation, after all he is the father, but with time that can be controlled too if documentation starts happening with regard to the violence.  I pray this works out for your friend, tell her number one to always document.  Keep phone calls, keep records of things done, have a third party present at visitation times, etc.  Prayerfully when all has died down the visitation can be civil and things can go on reasonably well.  My kids are now 21 and 19, and we all get along OK, I do it because they are my kids and that is what is most important.
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I agree with you.  When a parent doesn't use their right to visitation, then suddenly wants it all, that has got to do damage to a child.  The system is so overloaded that they can't do a case by case review and then limit visitation for an elusive parent.\n\nIf you can, try to talk to your ex and explain what your child's fears are.  See if before he takes him for 6 weeks, he will visit him as much as possible.
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Tricky.  Which family member is your client in the scenario?  The entire family?  \n\nI totally agree, having lived through it myself, that reporting can devastate a family, especially if the offender is seeking help.  However, you have a duty to the daughter to protect her from any further abuse.\n\nIf it were possible, I'd set conditions on the father's behavior and hold my tounge unless/until he backslid.  The question then becomes, how much trouble will you find yourself in when it is revealed that you did not report when legally required to do so?\n\nVery tricky...
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Well, you need to talk to an attorney on a consultation and tell him what's up.  Usually consultations are free.\n  Second, today, may states and courts will give joint custody to parents...at the very least.  This is common and what it means is joint physical custody being that you hav ethe child for two weeks, then she has the child for two weeks, or she has the child all day, and when you get off work, you pick up the child and keep her till school and drop her off.  With joint custody, this is where you are to make decisions in the child's medical, school and so forth decisions.\n  In this generation, as long as you can prove you are the child's biological father, the court will grant you visitation at the very least.\n  Usually, if your name is not on the birth certificate, they will order a paternity blood test.\n   She can not keep the child from you and at the very least you should have an attorney petition the court for this visitation immediately.\n   To win custody/ physical custody, where she would have only visitation you would need to prove you are stable, have a good living environment for the child, child care that is sufficient to the child's needs and a good job where you can show you can support your child and yourself.\n   I mean, you are the father, you will be or should be paying some support for the child now, but to have full custody is just a bit different as you need to show stability.  \n   Hopefully you have no criminal record, speeding, and stuff like that, because this could go to character and lets face it , it you get lots of speeding tickets, well I wouldn't want my child in your car.\n   As for the mother, as long as she is taking care of the child and the child isn't harmed, starved, and so forth, it's kind of hard proving up sole custody.  I think go for setting up a fixed visitation, with a fixed support order while requesting joint physical custody.  \n   YOu must love the child very much...and I commend you for wanting to take on the responsibility.  don't let the child be used as it sounds likewhat your ex is doing.  Love her and show the court you love her and can care for her and go for it.  The very least you'll get is visitation........but that's a start.\n   Hopefully what ever money you have given for the child's support is verifyable.  In other words, do not give cash to the ex for the child's support and needs, always give in a check or money order so you can prove up what you have done, at all times..................\nHope this helped, go get an attorney to file and OSC for sole legal and sole physical custody and/or visitation..........good luck
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All temporary custody hearings are held in court, generally family court. It would be simplest to retain a lawyer to get the custody papers for you.
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From everything you have said it is only quite obvious that he doesn't have the stability for custody, however the court will probably give him some sort of visitation because he is the father and wants to see his children. The mother could have stipulations put on this such as court ordered drug testing and supervised visits to make sure that he is staying clean, and considering his past with drugs, the court would be likely do this. You didn't mention if your friend had an attorney. It would probably be a good idea to seek an attorney's advice on this.
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If its a federal financial audit, they feds cannot access medical records, mental health or otherwise, they can only take a census of the number of patients, number of visits and number of services (i.e. counseling or lab test) provided.  The feds are subject to HIPPA privacy regulations as well, so essentially they shouldn't get their hands on actual charts unless they are released by a court of law.
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Courts carefully weigh the best interests of the child in determining visitation and custody.  If the custodial parent denies visitation to the noncustodial parent, the courts will rectify the situation.  If the noncustodial parent should not visit with the child because that parent has a history of violence, manipulation, or drug or alcohol abuse, the courts will supervise and then stop visitation.\n\nIt appears that you are angry about one particular case.  Without knowing the details, it is impossible to say whether justice was or was not done.  However, the system allows for hearings and appeals.  If you have not been treated fairly, there are ways to address that.
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A psychiatrist's case files would generally be considered a primary source, particular in they had important patients.\nOr if the psychiatrist was important in their own right, say Sigmund Freud, his files would be considered primary.\n\nOne of the best ways to judge whether a source is primary or secondary is to ask: Was it contemporaneous? Did it happen at the same time as the event you are studying, or is it an explanation written afterwards. Caveat: newspaper accounts would often be considered primary sources.
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If you have a way to access professional journals, here are a few articles that may help.  Some of these articles are written to help other types of witnesses (expert, mostly) rather than the defendant, but the general guidelines are pretty applicable to most witnesses.  Hope this helps.\n\nhttp://www.ncjrs.gov/abstractdb/Details.asp?index=4&perpage=25&ncjnum=135552&docIndex=25&chkBoxBitFlags=0000000000000000000000000\n\nhttp://www.ncjrs.gov/abstractdb/Details.asp?index=6&perpage=25&ncjnum=126120&docIndex=25&chkBoxBitFlags=0000000000000000000000000\n\nhttp://www.ncjrs.gov/abstractdb/Details.asp?index=0&perpage=25&ncjnum=200979&docIndex=25&chkBoxBitFlags=0000000000000000000000000\n\nhttp://www.ncjrs.gov/abstractdb/Details.asp?index=13&perpage=25&ncjnum=101926&docIndex=25&chkBoxBitFlags=0000000000000000000000000\n\nhttp://www.ncjrs.gov/abstractdb/Details.asp?index=19&perpage=25&ncjnum=84759&docIndex=25&chkBoxBitFlags=0000000000000000000000000\n\nOkay, I just realized that the links may not work.  If not, go to ncjrs.org, go to the abstracts database, and type in the keywords "defendant, testimony, preparation"  That's what I did to get those articles.
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File for divorce . . . do not mention it . . . in the documentation for the divorce . . . fight for majority of custody of the children.\n\nGrounds . . . mental abuse . . . of both you and the children.  Because she uses the children as pawn . . . thus mentally abusing you and the children.  You loved her . . . tried to make it work . . . but her hostility is just growing and you worry about the mental health of your children.
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I personally haven't heard of this website before, but as soon as I finish this post I'll try it out. As a person who has had experience with that ruthless, relentless, egotistical and corrupted agency, I feel as though something needs to be done about them yesterday! I have nothing good to say about them, at all! \n\nYes, a system like cps is needed, but I'll also be the first to admit that with the way the agency is now, it could stand to be shut down for repairs and a overhaul! Since my kids were taken back in March, and I've dealt with the cps system, I have never seen such a group of  lying, power tripping, and corrupted people in my entire life!\n\nIt is a miscarriage of justice for the things they do to some families and get away with. I have witnessed it first hand myself and it blows me away. They treat you like you are guilty before you've even gone to court! They lie and twist the truth so bad that you have lost before you are given a fair shot at winning your case. And the poor kids, they are shuffled from one foster home to another, while the sorry a$$ social worker sits back and thinks of more hurdles for the parents to jump over before she/he decides to let you have even your basic rights as the kids' parents!\n\nThe foster parents are no better and if they have taking a liking to your kid(s) they will work alongside the social worker to do any little thing they can think of to make it harder for the parents to get their kids back. (eventually hoping to be able to adopt the child- if things head in that direction) They show up late for the vistations, if not cancel them all together! any flemsy excuse they hand to the social worker  for the late or missed visitations is good enough for her or him. Oh and also, when the visitations are missed, or the foster parents show up late, the visits are not made up or extended, the parents just have to suffer the time lost to see their kids! The foster parents watch and listen to every little thing you say, then go back and twist it to their advantage, trying to make it look like you're incompetent as hell to raise your own kids!\nMy favorite foster parents are the ones who've never had kids, but are "experts" on how to raise kids (yours too) and how to take care of them! That one still makes me laugh! \n\nBut to answer your question, no, I think we as regular folk don't have the power to do anything that would be sufficient enough to put cps in their place! No, this needs to be looked at on a congressional level, then and only then would some action start being taken against cps. Sounds easy enough, but it isn't! The hardest part is getting those big wigs in the office to admit that there is a problem! Until then, millions of home wil be broken up by C.P.S (like someone else said it, Child Punishment Services)
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Agreeing with the girl above.  Esp. about the journal.  Keep track of EVERYTHING.\n\nMy guess is also that it is a scare tactic.  Instability??? Please, is PRISON stable??? \n\nIf he has not supported the child, seen him, etc., you have nothing to worry about. Forget the joint custody the girl above mentioned, I would fight for supervised visitation if he gets to see the child at all.\n\nI am wondering where he got the $$ for any atty.\n\nHere is where you can also find a little comfort in the fact that courts like to keep kids with their mothers.\n\nYou do need to get a lawyer.  If you cannot afford one contact your local bar assocaition or pro bono program.  If you cannot get a lawyer fast enough, go to the court and file for a continuance.  DO NOT GO TO COURT ALONE!!\n\nBut as far as having any concerns about losing your child, I certainly wouldn't sweat it.  I know its hard not to worry, but if you are telling the whole story, he doesn't have a chance...