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Protecting clients who are divorcing someone with borderline or narcissistic personality disorder
(ALM, 2021-08-04)
It's difficult to find balance in the roller-coaster ride imposed by someone suffering from a personality disorder.
No peeking allowed.
(Austin, Tex. : Butterworth Legal Publishers, 2020-11-03)
Judges have a responsibility to recuse themselves from any cases in which they cannot act impartially. Today, ironically, in the very name of justice, there are people who want Justitia’s blindfold not to be tightened, but ...
Providing youth trauma training for police review boards.
(Austin, Tex. : Butterworth Legal Publishers, 2020-11-02)
We previously asserted that trauma “refers to an overwhelming and intense experience that often involves significant loss or harm to a person’s physical, emotional, and/or or psychological safety. Without such rudimentary ...
How mitigating are these mitigating circumstances?
(ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), 2020-10-20)
The centerpiece of the Texas statute turns on the question of future dangerousness.
Legal Issues Regarding Children in Rural Foster Care.
(Austin, Tex. : Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1985-, 2020-09-14)
Almost 10 years ago, nine children who had been in the Texas foster care system filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the system failed to protect…
Will the Real Expert Please Take the Stand?
(ALM, 2021-06-09)
Experts come in all shapes and sizes. Size is not determined by the number of letters after a potential witness’ name. Try your case with what you have. To preserve error, object.
What constitutes malpractice by a child welfare attorney?
(ALM Media Properties, 2021-05-24)
The legal landscape and complex challenges facing today’s child welfare attorney are daunting. Simply because children are involved, difficult legal situations demand the guidance of a highly qualified attorney.
Ethical Child Custody Evaluations: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
(ALM, 2021-06-13)
In a divorce, there may be a child custody dispute, but whatever objections may arise, hopefully, there should be no question concerning the evaluator’s ethics or objectivity.
The Lesson of Rule 11 Sanctions: Practice Professionally
(ALM, 2021-09-03)
As we’ve always been taught: Be careful to read what you sign, and do not sign anything that does not have a basis in law or fact when it comes to pleadings or supporting affidavits. By all means, practice creatively. But ...
Effective strategies of doing direct and cross examinations of mental health professionals in child abuse cases
(2021-09-13)
There are a variety of way of enhancing and attacking the testimony of a mental health professional, including: impeachment with prior inconsistent statements, bias, interest in the outcome, signs of coercion, coached ...