Divorce is about the parents. Custody is about the children. As a FORMER - Guardian ad Litem (GAL) I am all about the children.

 


What Guides My Work

I use my investigative skills and my education in psychology to provide the court with the best possible solution in high conflict divorces. 

 

With warmth and compassion, I sift through the delicate details of a family's life to aid the court in making the best decision possible for the children involved. 

 

"The fundamental decision-making process in child custody cases should rely upon sound science from the fields of clinical and developmental psychology."

 


  PARENTAL ALIENATION and PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME

Parental Alienation and Family Court Matters involving Parental Alienation and Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) are the most vexing and difficult in Family Court. These cases require careful and painstaking preparation, analysis of voluminous documentation, preparation of experts and collateral witnesses. At best, they are difficult to demonstrate in court and they require arduous efforts that exceed the normal representation of a Family Law matter excluding parental alienation issues. PAS cases can exploit weaknesses within the court system and wear down everyone in the system, and do so in the service of the alienation.

 

Does any of this sound familiar? Your case has experienced a plethora of delays, multiple filings of motions and counter-motions for relatively small issues, with little to show for the efforts. There have been outcomes that you have been told “should not have happened” even by your own lawyer. You have received Court Orders that are favorable to your position, yet the other party constantly violates them. Factual evidence is ignored, while hearsay and unsubstantiated allegations dominate the testimony and are accepted as truth without hesitation. Statements, evaluations, and testimony by expert witnesses, mental health professionals and others seem “watered-down”, incomplete or completely untrue.

     

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