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Get the Testimony of Children on and for the Record (Forego a Custody Evaluation)

March 6, 2023

In my previous blog on the subject of child custody evaluations (link to pervious blog ) I started a series of video critiquing custody evaluations. I never saw the value in them, but for years I went along with them…

Are there experts who can evaluate parental alienation for a custody case?

There are “expert” witnesses for virtually any and every issue in legal actions. Can judges be bamboozled by pseudo-scientific expert witnesses? Without question. Do some judges who know that the so-called expert witness’s testimony is pseudo-scientific bunk (or at least…

How do we counteract the adverse effects of trusting custody evaluators?

January 27, 2022

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The question was asked: In a study in 2012 proved many custody evaluators falsely believe most DV victims lied & alienated kids. So How do you prevent that evaluators report from poisoning all reports or evaluators after, since they always review…

The way UT courts conduct custody evaluations nowadays is indefensible

The way courts in Utah conduct custody evaluations nowadays is indefensible. There is nothing in UCJA rule 4-903 (the rule governing custody evaluations) that requires a custody evaluation to consist of little more than educated guesses. Yet the custody evaluation process in…

How do courts insist upon custody evaluations being conducted?

With rare exception in Utah (so rare that it might as well be non-existent), the way courts insist upon custody evaluations being conducted consists of: the court imposing one and only one child custody and parent-time schedule during the pendente…

Can custody evaluators see through a narcissist’s lies?

July 29, 2019

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No, not simply by virtue of their being custody evaluators. Sometimes custody evaluators and other mental health professionals give the impression (either deliberately or inadvertently) that they have magic, infallible powers of perception that make them able to detect lies…

Pulham v. Kirsling – 2018 UT App 65 – custody, parent-time, child support

July 3, 2019

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2018, 2018 UT App 65, amended decree, April 12, attorney fees on appeal, change elementary schools, commuting by car, custody evaluation, custody evaluator, final say, friends, income imputed, joint physical and legal custody, Judge Richard D. McKelvie, jurisdiction is limited, Margaret S. Edwards Attorney for Appellant, modification of parent-time, modifying child custody, motion for new trial, newly discovered evidence, No. 104901246, not in child’s best interest, notice of appeal, Office of Recovery Services (ORS), Opinion Nos. 20150577-CA and 20160236-CA, past-due child support, petition to modify custody, primary custodial parent, Pulham v. Kirsling, routine, rule 59(a) Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Steve S. Christensen and Clinton R. Brimhall Attorneys for Appellee, substantial and material change in circumstances, surroundings, Third District Court Salt Lake Department, unnecessary adjustment, Utah Code section 30-3-35, Utah Court of Appeals

Pulham v. Kirsling – 2018 UT App 65 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS KRISTEN PULHAM, Appellee, v. WILLIAM KIRSLING, Appellant. Opinion Nos. 20150577-CA and 20160236-CA Filed April 12, 2018 Third District Court, Salt Lake Department The Honorable Richard D. McKelvie…

Tag: custody evaluation

Get the Testimony of Children on and for the Record (Forego a Custody Evaluation)

Are there experts who can evaluate parental alienation for a custody case?

How do we counteract the adverse effects of trusting custody evaluators?

The way UT courts conduct custody evaluations nowadays is indefensible

How do courts insist upon custody evaluations being conducted?

Can custody evaluators see through a narcissist’s lies?

Pulham v. Kirsling – 2018 UT App 65 – custody, parent-time, child support