by Dr. Bob Evans | Oct 11, 2014 | Child Custody Cases, Family Law Cases and PA, Hiring an Expert Series, Parent Alienation
As I shared last week, sometimes rejected (alienated) parents and their attorney consider hiring an expert to help in their case. Experts can take a variety of roles and one of these is that of giving instructional testimony. Experts are generally not inexpensive so...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Sep 26, 2014 | Child Custody Cases, Family Law Cases and PA, Hiring an Expert Series, Parent Alienation
Is hiring an expert worth it in family law cases involving parental alienation? I saw an email from a Parental Alienation forum and the question someone asked was “is hiring an expert worth it?” This is a good question that needs to be considered by both the attorney...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Aug 19, 2014 | Continuing Legal Education, Parent Alienation, Parent Sharing Plans
Parenting and attachment play a major role in Parental Alienation. Parental Alienation (PA), as a mental illness concept continues to spark highly charged controversy within both the mental and legal communities. Lines are drawn and highly polarized positions are...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Aug 1, 2014 | Child Custody Cases, Parent Alienation, Parent Sharing Plans
Family Law News If you are planning for, or litigating a family law case involving child custody, please take a few minutes and view the video below “Child Custody: Rehabilitating Your Case”. I’ll explain how the common errors of evaluation bias,...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Jul 25, 2014 | Child Custody Cases, Continuing Legal Education, Parental Alienation Case
A non-testifying trial consultant’s records are ordinarily protected from disclosure by attorney work product privilege, especially if the consultant maintains the attorney as his or her client and not the litigant. Within the context of an attorney-consultant...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Jul 18, 2014 | Child Custody Cases, Parent Alienation, Parental Alienation Case
Understanding the various roles that a hired expert might play in a Parent Alienation court case. Sometimes an opinion held by a mental health professional will support an attorney’s case and provide testimony that attorney wants the court to hear. Ethical...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Jul 11, 2014 | Child Custody Cases, Child Custody Evaluations, Continuing Legal Education, Parent Alienation
If you are an attorney and you are trying to prove Parent Alienation is operating against your client or you are defending your client against Parental Alienation (PA) allegations, you are going to need experts. The field of forensic mental health, especially the...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Jul 2, 2014 | Child Custody Cases, Child Custody Evaluations, Continuing Legal Education, Parent Alienation
New Continuing Legal Education Workshop Critiquing and Reviewing Parenting Plan (child custody) Evaluations and Litigating Family Law Cases with Parent Alienation Presented by Dr. Robert A. Evans, an approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists by the...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Jun 20, 2014 | Children and Divorce, Parent Alienation, Symptoms of PA
This is part two of our review of the symptoms found in Moderate Levels of Parental Alienation (PA), if you missed part one, you can read it here. It is in the Moderate Level of PA where we see The Independent Thinker phenomenon surface. The child professes that...
by Dr. Bob Evans | Jun 13, 2014 | Child Custody Evaluations, Parent Alienation, Symptoms of PA
At the Moderate level of Parent Alienation (PA), the symptoms, as you would imagine, start to appear more frequently and more intensely. At this stage one may see if not all eight symptoms at least six or seven of them. Gardner would argue that you will see all eight...
