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#11
You ask for personal information, but provide absolutely nothing in the way of explanation of its use or purpose. This community has been regularly plagued by defective and extremely biased "statistical studies" which represented little more than polemic diatribes under a thin veneer of "junk science".  Unfortunately, the lack of information that you provide, coupled with an immediate offer to pay participants, gives the impression that you might likewise fit into such an irresponsible category.  Please help us all out (including yourself) by describing the studies that your organization is undertaking.
#12
1.  A single test in isolation is essentially meaningless.  Even GALs will typically request multiple tests.

2.  The SPARC site is fairly good in describing some of the key tests such as the RORSHACK, MMPI, etc.

3.  Even multiple independent assessments with such testing cannot avoid the subjective nature of the tests.

4.  Exposure to the psychological community and familiarity with their expectations and language provides a strong advantage.  

As a result, individuals who have serious emotional issues for which they have been seeing a shrink for decades and can't hold a job may look better than some ignorant working stiff who has never been in a shrink's office in his life and thus is not prepared to tell the "evaluator" the answers that the evaluator wants to hear in the language that the evaluator is familiar with.

5.  Keep in mind that the normative basis for much of the statistics employed individuals who had been submitted for treatment because of behavioural issues.  Hence, their interpretation outside of these groups becomes more questionable.

6.  The older tests (e.g., RORSHACK) are perhaps the least reliable.

7.  Personality testing cannot ever be any better than the junk science that invents these "personality disorders" and then tries to classify people into these categories.  

I have been most amused recently reading about the new "Irritable Male Syndrome (IMS)" that sounds to me like stressed or grumpy old men as well as the new "Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)" that sounds to me like an angry person who doesn't respond well to stress.  In Iraq we understood what an IED really was (Improvised Explosive Device).
#13
If there is sufficient notice. you might be able to get both motions consolidated into a single hearing.  That would both save time and expense for everybody involved and allow for a more complete hearing of the situation.
#14
General Issues / Please accept my belated prayers
Jul 03, 2005, 09:20:32 PM
As always, I wish you the best.
#15
Custody Issues / Do yourself a favor
Feb 09, 2008, 05:12:12 PM
If there is information that your ex is not aware of which you may wish to use, do not share openly on the internet like this.  Anybody can read these posts, and even if she doesn't recognize the details, it might start her thought process.

I hate sounding paranoid, but Family Courts teach paranoia.
#16
Custody Issues / RE: Custody Information
May 12, 2006, 08:29:04 PM
What truly is confusing to a child is when a parent who was actively involved is then relegated to a visitor role only.
#17
1.  Yes but, that would make sense, but one cannot always assume so much with Judges.

2.  Yes, even for a Judge, this is a very big deal when custody is involved.

3.  No, although an attorney might speed things up.  NCP still has an interest as his children are involved, but without even legal custody may well have to motion the court for a subpeona.  He could file the motion pro se.  

4.  Probably.  If CP has both sole physical and sole legal, DFCS is probably not obligated to alert anybody else.  In fact, DFCS may well be afraid that if they do, they might be liable when CP finds out.
#18
Although MA is one of the worst states for joint custody, at least you aren't fighting in Suffolk or Middlesex Counties.  The most respected organization in the Massachusetts courts is probably "Fathers and Families" which was started by Dr. Ned Holstein and has long expressed strong support for joint custody.  

You can find them at:
http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/site/index.php


#19
Custody Issues / RE: May have lost custody in MA?
Jan 31, 2006, 05:57:45 PM
In MA custody orders are a matter of public record.  Just go down and get them yourself.

The website below is for the Probate & Family Court:

http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/probateandfamilycourt/index.html

scroll down to your appropriate county and click on the link and it will list the courthouses and their locations.  Custody orders will be held at the County Superior Court (even if the hearing was held in one of the District Courts).  

You may still not like what you see, but at least you will know where you stand and what you are dealing with.

#20
Custody Issues / One alternative
Jan 31, 2006, 05:47:35 PM
The child's Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) can sometimes obtain access to investigate specific issues.  If he does so, he will not be able to pass the files on to you, but he can listen to your concerns and investigate them himself if such would be appropriate.  His findings would then be available to the court.

Obviously this is not a useful approach to discover a problem, but it does allow for guarded release when the problem is well known, but allowed to fester behing patient/counselor privilege.