Monday, March 3, 2014

Washington - Families' futures decided with little oversight

This article puts into perspective the issues that surround parent evaluators, Guardians ad litem and other court sanctioned divorce industry businesses/ people. Quite often the methods used in testing parents are questionable relying on junk science or psycho-eugenics to determine a parents ability to parent.



Seattle PI

In the field of family law, a little-examined group of professionals has enough influence to separate fathers from children and relegate mothers to weekends-only status, based on little more than an opinion.

So-called parent evaluators need no particular credentials or training. They may use any method they wish, charge what they please and remain virtually free of oversight. Yet their word can upend families in a single stroke.

In recent decades, as dockets have become clogged with warring parents battling for custody of their children, overwhelmed judges have turned increasingly toward this cluster of psychologists and social workers for guidance. But as there is almost no check on their influence, any human foible might result in a faulty or unfair report -- with enormous implications for those families under the microscope.

Full story: Seattle PI

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