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Motherisk scandal highlights risk of deferring to experts without questioning credentials - Health - CBC News
More reason to fight the system...
More reason to fight the system...
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What is more concerning is that many of the Section 30 private assessors in the Toronto area have worked at SickKids during the time all this and other scandals was going on and doing reviews for CAS on other matters.Originally posted by Links17 View Post
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I am no longer recommend anyone bother with Section 30 or OCL evaluations. What I learned from WorkingDad's case and many others (over 40 now!) is that these experts are more prone to getting it wrong than right."When Smith walked in, the legend walked in. And very few lawyers challenged him. Sometimes, innocent people, innocent parents, would plead guilty because they were told by their lawyers that his testimony was so powerful and influential that they would be convicted even though they were innocent."
The evidence of parents given directly to the court should be the most valued evidence. "Experts" who spend on average only 10 hours with parents (5 hours each) and maybe 3 hours (1.5 hours) observing children should hold little value.
If you want to know about the psychology of parents - then do psychological testing. (I think Links17 will agree with me on this point.)
Do we need more afluenza idiots running wild in Mexico?
Good Luck!
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Adding this thread to the conversation as it is relevant to this discussion:
http://www.ottawadivorce.com/forum/f...reports-15153/Comment
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I wish there was more detailed information on specifically which testing was administered by the toxicologist (mass spectrometry, eg). Certainly the toxicologist should have been vetted as to whether or not he qualified as an expert witness.
Current and Future Applications of Mass Spectrometry to the Clinical Laboratory | American Journal of Clinical PathologyComment
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I agree. Psychological testing is the way to go. OCL are a nightmare.Originally posted by Tayken View PostComment
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The sad thing are the people that just pled guilty out of fear... how terrible...
I am happy I believe in God because all the "justice" we get here is just "best effort" and the true justice is when we're dust...Comment
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More on the issue of "experts" in the news today!
Note: This is a very complex case and all links below related to that matter.
Father in B.C. child abuse case says judge relied on faulty expert evidence
Father in B.C. child abuse case says judge relied on faulty expert evidence - CityNews
B.C. defends social workers after abusive father gets unsupervised accessThe father also said the judge erred when he used findings of fact from the family court trial for the civil trial, alleging the findings were based in part on bad expert evidence.
B.G. said Walker allowed an American psychologist to testify in the first trial even though she did not interview him or his children before offering her opinion that he sexually abused them.
Claire Reeves’s testimony, which was “unqualified, uninformed and based on junk science,” coloured Walker’s approach to the evidence in the second trial, B.G. said.
He alleged Reeves holds “illegitimate” degrees, entered evidence on a discredited child sexual abuse syndrome and has lobbied in favour of laws permitting chemical castration of sex offenders.
B.C. defends social workers after abusive father gets unsupervised access - British Columbia - CBC News
(the better of the two articles to read)
Allegations about the father were investigated by Vancouver police in this case, who concluded there was "no evidence to support J.P's allegations that B.G. molested their children." As a result no criminal charges were laid in this case.To my previous point about psychological assessments... I find often the party that has issues refuses to get one... Case on point?- Pediatrician found no physical evidence of sexual abuse.
- Child psychologist found low probability that sexual abuse occurred.
- Parental capacity expert concluded sexual abuse was unlikely.
- Child psychologist concluded sexual abuse was unlikely.
- Parental capacity expert recommended father get custody.
- Child psychologist recommended father get custody.
- Parental capacity expert said mother required mental health intervention.
- Child psychologist found mother required psychiatric assessment.
Here is all the related case law on this one:The document says the mother refused to go for a recommended psychiatric assessment while the father followed orders to work with a parenting coach, who wrote positive reviews.
Court of Appeal
J.P. v. British Columbia (Children and Family Development), 2015 BCCA 481 (CanLII) - 2015-11-23
J.P. v. British Columbia (Children and Family Development), 2015 BCCA 480 (CanLII) - 2015-11-23
Supreme Court of British Columbia
J.P. v. British Columbia (Children and Family Development), 2015 BCSC 1216 (CanLII) - 2015-07-14
J.P. v. British Columbia (Director of Child, Family and Community Services), 2013 BCSC 1403 (CanLII) - 2013-08-02
J.P. v. British Columbia (Director of Child, Family and Community Services), 2013 BCSC 2580 (CanLII) - 2013-06-05
J.P. v. British Columbia (Director of Child, Family and Community Services), 2013 BCSC 515 (CanLII) - 2013-03-26
J.P. v. B.G., 2012 BCSC 979 (CanLII) - 2012-07-05
J.P. v. B.G., 2012 BCSC 938 (CanLII) - 2012-06-25
First instance I have ever seen of a CAS service defending a parent like this...
Good Luck!
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