Supervised Visitation…The New Weapon

Child molestation was the “old weapon” used by a parent seeking full custody of their child(ren). But, now there’s a new weapon of choice. It’s called supervised visitation. If you have enough money and a savvy divorce attorney, you can have supervised visitation placed against practically any non-custodial parent.

How? Easy! Just hire a forensic child psychiatrist to make the recommendation to the Court. I’ve seen it happen over and over again. A greedy doctor testifies in court and the next thing you know….injustice is on overload. Many times the doctor will make the recommendation without interviewing or even contacting the party that will be affected. Afterall, the doctor doesn’t need to contact anyone…as long as the check clears.

Do some parents really need supervised visitation? I’m sure some do. But the real travesty of justice comes when this new and very powerful weapon is misused. We all know a few famous people who’ve been placed on supervised visitation lately. How about Britney Spears, Charlie Sheen and Mary Carol Winkler just to name a few. But you might be surprised to discover that supervised visitation is also being placed on perfectly valid parents who simply cannot afford to hire effective representation to defend against these greedy so-called expert witnesses. We’ll take a deeper look at this subject as time goes on.