Flawed Forensic Custody Reports

When a report has meaningful flaws that get in the way of trial goals, it is important to amplify the data and conclusions that support a client's interests so that they rise above, or overwhelm the "noise" that will be created by the other side .

18 minute read March 28, 2013 at 03:20 PM
By
Jeffrey P. Wittmann
Flawed Forensic Custody Reports

Matrimonial attorneys who engage in trial practice know that sinking feeling when: 1) a forensic custody report arrives and offers opinions that work to the benefit of the parent being represented, yet; 2) it becomes apparent that the process and/or reasoning used by the evaluator were flawed in meaningful ways, rendering the favorable opinion vulnerable.

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