Ohio Child Custody Evaluation – Supreme Court Approves New Rule
Child Custody Evaluations: Ohio Moves to Standardize Qualifications For Mental Health Professionals and Courts
The positives versus the negatives of Court ordered child custody evaluations in a divorce is still subject to debate. I posted a blog article about this controversy on January 7, 2017. Click here to read it. The same opposite positions exist today, 6 years later.
As a seasoned divorce litigator, I will share that in my opinion they can be very helpful in settlement negotiations and ultimately as evidence if custody is litigated at trial. The biggest logistical problem is finding experienced psychologists willing to perform them. That is certainly true, at least in the Dayton area anyway. There are individuals conducting them in the larger cities like Columbus and Cincinnati. This is the subject of frequent frustration of family law and divorce lawyers in Dayton wanting to move forward with this type of evaluation.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GUARDIAN AD LITEM INVESTIGATION AND A CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION?
Here are the links to three past blog articles that we have posted about GAL investigations:
Click here to read about the Updated Guardian Ad Litem … Read More... “Divorce: Child Custody Evaluations in Ohio”