Is the only way to impeach an expert witness in a custody trial to do so by using his or her own treatise?
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No.  To begin with there is nothing to suggest that one must have written a treatise to be qualified as an expert.  An expert witness may be impeached in many ways.  If the expert has testified in prior custody disputes and reached different conclusions that prior testimony may be used to impeach the expert.  If the expert provides a report that differs from their live testimony, the report may be used to impeach.  Any prior inconsistent opinion or statement may be utilized to attempt to impeach.
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An expert witness opinion.
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Absolutely.  It's either obstruction of justice or perjury, depending on the specific circumstances in which the false evidence was provided.\n\nThis presumes that it was provided deliberately and knowingly.\n\nAnd the innocent person can also attempt to sue the person providing false evidence, but that is rarely successful due to immunity laws for witnesses.  It's worth checking on in your particular jurisdiction, however.
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You make a written motion to the court for the District attoreny to produce specific evidence, you would make the same type of motion for the hospital, the police dept, and any other business you want evidence from.\n\nYou would have to pay for the cost of the copy and serving of supena for this material.
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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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find another lawyer to do this
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Breaking someone's confidential matter.
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Perjury is serious and must be proved to the court.  Ordinarily it is not sufficient for disbarrment of itself.  However, if it results in charges filed against the attorney and he is found guilty, that is a different matter.  It is up to the Bar to determine whether the additonal humilation of disbarring him would be warranted in the circumstances.
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Yes, most judges will heavily weigh what the guardian ad litem suggests; and your ex and his attorney know it.\n\nYou should stand your ground.  If you think this man is a bad influence for your child, then he probably is.  I am tired of people who blame you for your past mistakes.  As Oprah Winfrey always says, "when you know better, you do better."  I think these are great words to live by.  Clearly, the GAL agrees with you.  Anyone who stalks the mother of thier child is not a healthy human being and you should not have to put up with that behavior.\n\nIt is especialy important if your child is male.  If he sees his dad treat you in a demeaning or improper way, he will learn to model that behavior and perpetuate it in his future relationships.  Time to nip it in the bud!\n\nGood Luck!
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Absolutely! If the judge is aware of these facts, not only is he morally and ethically obliged to help. In fact, there may even be some criminal charges that can be pressed with enough proof. It is a despicable act on the Judge's and I would appeal to a higher court and sue the robe off that crooked Judge. Get an attorney and go with it. Go to the media if you have to.
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Probably yes.  After completion of anger control, domestic violence counseling, and any jail time.  \n\nBut if mom can show that ex is a threat to kids, she can take out a restraining order against him.  \n\nIf ex can convince the judge that he's changed, he is sorry for what he did, and still genuinely care and love the kids, he may be able to get supervised visitation rights.
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Do you have an attorney?  If so, they should be advising you on this.  If not, it sounds as though you need one!\n\nIf you think the judge will treat you unfairly, you will first have to convince the judge of that.  Judges are assumed to be impartial, so it is customary to ask them to recuse or remove themselves from a trial or hearing. You would be expected to prove that they may have a bias or personal stake in the outcome.  Only if the judge refuses to do so should you petition the administrative judge (judge's supervisor) to request they be removed.  Going over the judge's head without giving them an opportunity to voluntarily step aside would likely be ignored by the administrative judge and result in the judge in question to make your life even more difficult.
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Knowing how and why the child's father took her might be helpful.  Was it with your permission, or did he basically kidnap her from school one day?\n\nI don't get your analogy about John murdering Jane.  In your situation, you are the ONLY person who knows who this child's father it, and you've told the police it's him.  Why would you think they would doubt you, and treat this any differently?  \n\nI don't understand the question about discrimination because you haven't mentioned anything that would qualify in my mind as discriminatory.\n\nHaving said all that, let's talk about what you might be able to do:\n\n1.  Does your state have laws regarding child concealment?  California has several laws on the subject and if there are any similar laws where you are, they might be useful.\n\n2.  Going to family court is an excellent suggestion that I think was made by someone else.  An excellent idea. \n\n3.  Post some more details.  I'd be interested to know if there is any kind of general assistance involved here (what people used to call "welfare").  Is the father alleging some kind of bad parenting on your part?  Are you alleging any on his part?  Do you know where the child actually is?\n\nBut really...unless there is some kind of urgency you didn't talk about here, family law court is probably the best avenue you have at this point.
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If you can prove you have custody of the child then you can. I have done it with my own Grandchild in Tn.
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A professional witness is used in legal claims that require specific information regarding a specific instance.  They are used in many cases from personal liability to medical malpractice to employee injury. . . You name it.   Many times experts will either be given a set of facts or asked to investigate the facts on their own.  These witnesses will then be expected to testify in court based on their findings.  Expert witnesses are people with a specific area of expertise who are called on to testify in a case because of their knowledge.  This website will show you some of the experts that are available as well as what their specific field is.  http://www.expert4law.org/        \nAttorneys search for experts, and select their expert witnesses carefully.  In reality, 200 cases in 15 years is not all that many for an expert witness.  Your witness has experience, and clearly is in demand to have testified in 200 cases.   However, lawyers are very careful in selecting witnesses because of the possible ramifications of choosing poorly...\n\nK
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so he is hiring an attorney to modify the court order for custody of the children? if so your best bet would be to keep a cool and professional demeanor, no slip ups, no verbal outbursts, you MUST remain the calmer of the 2 parties, even if he threatens you ( this you should keep a record of an NOT get emotional ), this is where many people damage there cases by getting emotional in court.
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Hearsay could be used as preliminary 'information' but by the time the attorneys finish with the one who 'heard', they've usually killed any credibility of the 'witness'.  And the police use LOTS of things not quite legal whenever they can.