Victoria Harvey | Psychological Evaluations in Family Law Cases 

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Thank you for this!! We’re in NY state and have been trying for years to get my fiancées ex wife evaluated, she has an extensive medical history and has gotten more volatile over the years. She is a covert narcissist based on a 1000 hours of my own research so she plays the victim and super mom roll in public so well we have a real challenge ahead of us! I hope our and her history speaks for itself but since we can’t afford a lawyer we are doing most of the work for our public defender so this was very helpful. It’s terrible even though she cheated on Stefan (my fiancée) NY is a no fault state so not only did he leave the house in a trust for the kids she was able to stay in the house and he also has to pay $540/week in alimony and child support! It doesn’t leave much even though we both work good jobs full time. I’m really wondering the approx cost of this evaluation even though it’s absolutely necessary I’m afraid we won’t be able to swing it. Is there any instances where the court can order it and they help cover the cost? Or is it all out of pocket? Thanks! -Brianna

This was a very helpful, insightful, informative video. Excellent.

I wish you would do more follow ups on this guest. Finding information on someone who does this work is rare and nonexistent on line.

Would you suggest if the father has a record of domestic violence and taken the child from his mom. Should I the mom order to a psychologist evaluation to help my child custody case.

Can’t abusers w mental issues just finesse their way around these psychotherapists ? Mine has been ordered to do this but he’s a great charmer and manipulator. Everyone at the supervised visitation center thought he was an angel and he still continued to abuse my little one.