In particularly contentious child-custody cases, a child custody evaluation may be a great investment in your case to help achieve the custody arrangement you seek. This is because, at the end of the process, the evaluator makes recommendations to the court about what custody arrangement is in the children’s best interests. There are different levels of evaluators that you should consider when requesting a custody evaluation. This blog covers the three most common types of evaluations.
Perhaps the most common custody evaluation is completed by a Guardian Ad Litem1 as allowed for in the Divorce and Paternity Acts. In many cases, ... Read More
Tag: licensed clinical social worker
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Feb2020
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Jun2013
In domestic cases, there may be a number of experts that are called upon to testify during a hearing. For example, a doctor may testify about a child’s medical condition, a CPA may testify about the value of a business, or a clinical psychologist may testify about a custody evaluation performed.
However, there are limitations to who is an expert and what witnesses can testify about. For example, under Indiana law, a licensed clinical social worker is prohibited from providing expert testimony1. Specifically, the Indiana statute allows that social workers can provide factual testimony (ex. the social worker met with the ... Read More
05
Apr2011
Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. child custody advocates frequently discuss custody evaluations with their clients. They are one of the many tools in a domestic attorney’s tool box that may help a client to reach his or her custody objectives. To make the most of any case, however, they should be considered, not just used as a standard course.
The place we begin at Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. is to explain to our clients the custody evaluation process. There are a number of concepts that you must understand to help us determine if this is, in fact, the right legal tool for ... Read More