A family court expert in Australia has been charged with sexually abusing three children. The development could lead to contact decisions previously made using the expert’s reports being overturned.
The psychologist was hired as a Family Court expert to make contact recommendations in cases where one parent had accused the other of sexual abuse.
In one report, the court psychologist – who has not been named – recommended that a child continue to live with the father after the mother raised allegations of sexual abuse, telling the court he found no significant evidence the abuse had occurred.
The suspect remains on bail and the case’s next hearing is scheduled for October.
The article, which was published by Australia’s ABC news outlet, also talks about concerning problems inside Australia’s care system, which mimic the UK care system’s challenges.
The topics include unfit registration processes for expert witnesses which allow individuals to write up expert reports without the necessary qualifications, to an inability to get complaints properly assessed because ombudsmen continuously claim they do not have the power to investigate them.
Further reading:
- Mothers In Australia Told To Lie To The Family Court About Domestic Violence
- Expert Witness Scheme To Be Rolled Out Across English and Welsh Family Courts
- Loophole Allows Unqualified Psychologists To Practice
Many thanks to Charles Pragnell for alerting us to this case.
Researching Reform 
Gosh, can the case against the Family Courts get any worse. All these are specifically appointed to cases by the Family Court judges as jointly instructed by all the parties as the official expert witness to the case.
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Natasha, everybody,
In one report, the court psychologist – who has not been named – recommended that a child continue to live with the father after the mother raised allegations of sexual abuse, telling the court he found no significant evidence the abuse had occurred.
The news comes after research showed judges were far more likely to award contact to a parent after they make an allegation of parental alienation in cases where the other parent brings up an allegation of child sexual abuse.
oh Yes. This is the ParentalAlienation Implacable Hostility theory so strong in the United States and now reviving againhere.
A key feature of it was that the mothe would invent Sexual Abuse allegations, which were take up enthusiastically as untrue by doctors and other investigating professionals, as the mother had made them up to keep the child.
I’m not inventing this, check articles from America.
One good article is “Good Mothers Lose Their Children”,
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Happens all the time in these FAKE ‘family Courts’ , to both Fathers and Mothers. ..
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what kind of a person goes out of their way to get a job with access to traumatised children?.. but then what kind of a person goes out of their way to get a job kidnapping and traumatising children, or selling children to private foster and adoption agencies, or even a job to protect these kind of people? the child protection system, no matter which country it’s in is full of people who make a living from kidnapping and traumatising children and their parents.
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Its an extremely lucrative profitable business trading stolen goods/ unwittingly ‘gifted’ to strangers/abusers in the highest bidders game, in the commercial world of commerce , modern day slavery comes to mind. . Sons Daughters and natural heirs treated as ‘things’ dead entities …
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Parents against each other is very damaging to the child but the system deliberately pits one parent against the other in the blame game & the one citing abuse gets rewarded for it! When this happens the child is the loser. Social workers clap their hands with glee when it all kicks off.
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Hey! Do you need an expert for the family courts?
I’m sure I am just being paranoid, but not one person in the court will suspect I’m not actually qualified. Am I qualified? Of course not, I am a Consultant! I just want to make money. To save court time let’s just assume I’m never wrong. I have immunity in any case. I can put on a convincing performance. Always wanted to get into acting but court theatrics is the next best thing. The court adds gravitas in fact & I’m always believed. The Judge even thanks me afterwards.
Do I know what I’m talking about? Does it matter? I can bamboozle them using long technical words & explanations if I have to. This is the Family Court, the child is going to be taken from its home in any case no matter what I say, so I just take my lead from the social worker reports. Who am I to disagree? They plagiarise reports from other cases & the Judge always agrees with the social workers too so I don’t feel bad. The Social Workers happy. The Judge is happy. I’m happy. Not so much the Family or the child but hey, you can’t please everyone.
What if my reports are wrong? After all I do deal with other types of cases not just about the removal of children. The chances are very slim that I will be challenged & if I am, as I said, it’s not a problem for me, I’m immune. The law of averages are that a few times I will get it right so let’s hope that’s the day I get checked. I do so want this job. Pays so well for so little. A nice little earner.
Every now & again there is a hoo ha about something or other but I keep my head down ‘till it all dies down & once the dust has settled its back to normal with the odd casualty. That makes people believe there is scrutiny of the courts. Checking up on the experts is too long & involved & expensive & is just not the done thing.
Consultant Psychologist. It has a nice ring to it. People automatically assume I’ve had to study for years & who would dare ask me? I might accuse them of being mad!
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How correct you are Dana , generally speaking of course, there are always exceptions some shine and some very dull. What would I know about the bogus trade called Psychology or Psychiatry apart from they dish out hard mind altering drugs like sweets and the ‘profession’ apparently has gone from rags to riches over the last 200 years abusing others for their own gain …
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A despotic -gang- mafia- traffickers of other peoples- posterity- heirs– Sons and Daughters- . Illicit Traders of Human cargo. The entire protection is a protection racket. Despotic is the right word or maybe Ruthless Criminals?
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