During the marriage when there was significant strife due to the mother's pathological lieing as well as emotional abuse of the children, the mother refused to attend counseling with the husband, claiming that %26quot;Only crazy people see psychologists, and I'M NOT CRAZY!%26quot; To be sure he was making the right decision regarding potential divorce, the husband did attend counseling for two years before separating. To preserve marital assets earned and accumulated by the husband, the wife declared divorce and again, refused psychological evaluation via her attorney who invoked a legal loophole, alleging the wife's constitutional rights would be compromised if forced to be evaluated. The wife received sole custody under a standard court presumption that females make better parents, even though the father petitioned for joint custody and lost.
A board-certified clinical psychiatrist observed the mother's behavior over a period of years as she continued in her campaign of alienation against the father as well as emotional abuse of the children. He opined that she had serious psychological issues and appeared to have Borderline Personality Disorder as well as Histrionic (Hysterical) Personality Disorder. The couples son was diagnosed with ADHD, a condition never found in the husbands family but common in the mothers. It is believed that the mother has Adult ADD based on an inability to focus except for brief periods, but won't recognize her condition or seek treatment for reasons of her own pride and lack of understanding.
Now after a disturbing experience whereby the mother physically attacked and physically beat the 14 year old daughter, the mother is claiming that the daughter has %26quot;serious psychiatric problems%26quot; and is taking the daughter OUT of school to attend a concentrated 2 to 4 week program with psychiatrists at a hospital, all in a dodge to put the blame for the beating on the daughter. The daughter is a straight A student with no history of behavioral problems with her teachers, prefers to read books vs. watch television, and is mild-mannered and kind except when cornered and attacked by her very aggressive mother who refuses to listen to her daughter and ignores even simple requests to not throw her things away.
By feigning that the daughter has serious psychiatric problems that supposedly warrant immediate attention, the mother is now showing classic signs of Menchausen's Syndrome by Proxy. That is, gaining attention and appreciation from professionals is the mother's goal which she can do via her daughter's new doctors and mental health practitioners as the mother pretends to be extremely caring, loving and proactive to help her daughter who in no way is a danger to herself or others. But in the mean time, the mother is causing irreparable damage to the daughter's GPA and class standing by causing her to miss final exams for this psychiatric program which the daughter will voluntarily submit to AFTER her finals, but the mother refuses to accomodate rescheduling due to her own stubborness and lack of appreciation for education. When mother was in school, she was bounced around from several colleges due to behavior problems and never graduated with a 4 year college degree. The father graduated top of his high school class of 700 and then C um Laude from college with a B.B.A. and an M.B.A. from a top 10 university.
So #1: How to get the mother evaluated for clearly bad judgement stemming from her own psychoses; and #2: Can the hospital be challenged for malpractice by aggressively promoting this program to the mother so as to secure new revenue from the mother's health insurance (the mother works for a large insurance company with generous benefits to their employees and their families).What does it take to get an Ex-spouse with custody of children, psychologically evaluated for custody change?lots of money and a good lawyer good luckWhat does it take to get an Ex-spouse with custody of children, psychologically evaluated for custody change?Not even going to bother to read all of that... to answer your question, a family court judge has to order a psych eval based on probable cause by the requesting party.
I had a client that just went through the same thing... $20,000 and a year later, her ex retained joint custody, and he had been institutionalized twice. Good luck.What does it take to get an Ex-spouse with custody of children, psychologically evaluated for custody change?You have to prove to the judge all that you just said. Then, it is up to the judge to order it.What does it take to get an Ex-spouse with custody of children, psychologically evaluated for custody change?go to the cops say you believe she is a threat to herself
