Question about home studies:

[gemini3]

1.  I'm 99.9% sure that BM lied about income in hers, but how do we find out if that's the case?  No one asked me for verification, and just took my word for it.  I'm sure they did the same thing on the other side.

2.  BM's study was done when children were there, and mine was done when the children were not.  I think this creates an unfair bias, as the social worker could see her parenting the children, but did not see me parenting the children.  Is there anything I can do about this?

3.  BM's live-in boyfriend was not present at the time of BM's home study.  I don't know if she interviewed him at a later date or not.  Don't they have to interview all the people living in the household?

4.  When my home study was done the social worker mostly asked questions about my family history, the divorce, and how we got where we are now (in court).  She didn't ask me anything about how I would parent the children if they lived with me, where they would go to school, if I had any childcare plans, etc.  Aren't they supposed to ask you about that stuff?

5.  The social worker barely even looked at my house.  She did the "five minute tour" basically.  Never went into the backyard, never looked in a drawer, closet, cabinet, anything.  Is this unusual?  I thought they would be a little more thorough than that.

6.  Why is it that the attorney's can see the home study reports, but the person the report is on cannot?  I have an attorney, but I was wondering what you would do if you were pro se.  I was told by the clerk that you can't see the report if you're pro se.  Does anyone know if this is true?  How can you properly represent yourself if you can't see these reports?  That seems wrong.

[HelpingHands]

The result of the eval will most likely be: Mother provides a safe and child friendly enviroment; mother was observed taking appropriate care of the children. Father has an adequate home for the children, however the father was not observed parenting the children. The child's father dwelled on the past and has no plan for the future with the child(ren).....(even though you were not asked, it will appear you had no plans, etc.)


You could have asked for the eval to be done during your parenting time and settled for no less. She did the quick walk through because she has no intention of changing custody to your home. It was just a formality that she visited your home.

You can ask for verification during COURT and you do have the opportunity to refute anything not correct.

Some states do not allow for the review of the document. I don't know why that is. It's an offical court document, I guess.

You can ask to have a second evaluation done, if you feel the first was biased and it clearly shows in the report to the court. Whether you get another one or the judge cares what the second one says, is up in the air.