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 American Psychological Association. This program is also approved by the FL Bar for 8 CLEs and 8 CEs for mental health professionals.
The information shared in this “live” one day workshop is critical to Florida attorney’s and law firms specializing in Family Law cases.
Please join us on August 22, 2014, at Lakewood Ranch, Florida (Sarasota area) where you will learn…
- Strong trial strategies for child custody cases.
- The important evaluation errors that can affect your case.
- Key questions to examine/cross an evaluator.
- Understanding what Parent Alienation Syndrome is…and is not.
- How to Recognize Parental Alienation in Child Custody Cases.
- How to Develop a Trial Strategy for Parental Alienation or Parental Alienation Syndrome.
Reviewing/Critiquing Child Custody Evaluations (also referred to as Parenting Plans and Time Sharing Evaluations)
The recommendations contained in custody evaluations can be very influential in family law cases. Unfortunately, some evaluations are not up to recommended practice standards and may lack in scientific methods, empirical research support, psychological relevance, and thus can be misleading to the court!
Now, in Florida we have a new “yardstick” called the Daubert standard. Many clinicians conduct their evaluations according to clinical standards, not forensic standards; this can be a major problem in your cases.
Also, evaluator bias can slip into reports, many times unconsciously and unintentional. This workshop will discuss the different kinds of bias and how to recognize them.
This workshop also addresses the requirements for evaluations to meet legal standards of admissibility. Prepare and plan your courtroom strategy to effectively address these situations by learning how to deal with damaging evaluations and how to rehabilitate your case in the event they occur despite your best efforts.
Litigating Family Law Cases with Parent Alienation
Family law cases that involve Parent Alienation can be especially difficult. Parent Alienation is not always blatantly evident. The indicators of Parent Alienation frequently go unrecognized which causes a misunderstanding in the dynamics of the case. This workshop on Litigating Family Law Cases and Reviewing Evaluations and understanding the dynamics of Parent Alienation will help attorneys recognize Parent Alienation and learn to expose Parent Alienation to the court. Participants will also be able to distinguish between alienation and alleged abuse and how to develop a trial strategy for cases that involve these disorders.
In reviewing related evaluations produced by mental health professionals in these cases attorneys will learn to review these reports with an eye toward the Daubert standard recently adopted in Florida in July 2013. Attorneys will also become familiar and comfortable with a trial strategy for examining and cross-examining experts in these cases.
Click here to register and join us on August 22, 2014 for “Litigating Family Law Cases with Parent Alienation and Reviewing Related Evaluations”.
