Family Law

4.5

Divorce and Mental Health: Evidence, Discovery, and More

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Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Iowa CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Idaho CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Louisiana CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 3.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
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2 hours 55 minutes
Victoria Carrasco
Ryan Sayler
Jerome Poliacoff
With Victoria A. Carrasco from Cordell Cordell + 2 others
Recorded February 20, 2024
Product ID 98063

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Overview

High-Conflict Personalities, Requests for Mental Health Records, Psychological Evaluations, and More

On their own, divorce and mental health issues can be complex and difficult to handle but even more so when both matters are intertwined in a client's case. Join our experienced faculty as they discuss the biggest topics involving mental health ailments and how they can affect the divorce process - from discovery to division to custody and more. Fight for your clients' best interests when mental health issues come into play - register today!

  • Review the effects of mental health ailments and how they can affect divorce proceedings and collaborative law.
  • Know about the ins and outs of mental health records in discovery.
  • Discuss how mental health ailments can affect property division.
  • Understand the differences between mental health matters in family law and criminal law.

This program was designed in conjunction with NBI's esteemed 2023-2024 Content Advisory Committee Member Erika MacCormac.

 

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. How Mental Health Ailments Affect Divorce and Collaborative Law
  2. Psychologist Depositions, Cross-Examinations, and Testimony
  3. Requests for Mental Health Records: Relevance, Confidentiality, Discoverability, and Admissibility
  4. Psychological Evaluations
  5. Child Custody Evaluations, Alimony/Spousal Support, and Property Division Proceedings

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Product ID 98063

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 3 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Iowa CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Idaho CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Louisiana CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 3.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
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  1. How Mental Health Ailments Affect Divorce and Collaborative Law

    1. High-Conflict Personalities vs. Personality Disorders
    2. Common Mental Health Diagnoses - Intake and Screening
    3. The Impact of Mental Health Client as an Attorney - Practical Tips
    4. The Impact of Mental Health Client as an Opposing Party - Practical Tips
    5. Collaborative Law - the Benefit of a Mental Health Professional

  2. Psychologist Depositions, Cross-Examinations, and Testimony

    1. Differences Between Mental Health in Family Law vs. Criminal Law
    2. What’s a Forensic Evaluation?
    3. Guidelines for Evaluators - Compliance With Standards
    4. Key Points for Direct and Cross
    5. Pitfalls in Written Evaluations and Rehabilitation at Trial

  3. Requests for Mental Health Records: Relevance, Confidentiality, Discoverability, and Admissibility

    1. Subpoenas Duces Tecum - HIPPA Requirements
    2. Motions to Quash and Remedies
    3. Foundation and Authentication - How to Get the Records in Over Objections

  4. Psychological Evaluations

    1. Types of Evaluations
    2. Proper Evaluators - Which Provider to Choose?
    3. Purpose of Psych Eval - What Type of Case Justifies the Costs?
    4. Limitations of a Psych Eval

  5. Child Custody Evaluations, Alimony/Spousal Support, and Property Division Proceedings

    1. Cross-Roads of Mental Health Parent and Custody
    2. Successful Testimony and Rebuttal for Mental Health Parent
    3. Impact of Mental Health on Needs and Ability to Pay in Spousal Support Cases
    4. Property Division for Client With Mental Health - Maintaining and Achieving Reasonable Goals

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Victoria A Carrasco
Victoria A.
Carrasco
Cordell Cordell
Ryan P Sayler
Ryan P.
Sayler
Colgan & Associates, LLC
Dr. Jerome H Poliacoff
Dr. Jerome H.
Poliacoff
Jerome H. Poliacoff, Ph.D
Speaker bio
Victoria A Carrasco

Victoria A. Carrasco

Cordell Cordell
Victoria Carrasco

is an attorney with Cordell & Cordell in Oklahoma City, practicing in family law. She was drawn to family law because it has tremendous meaning and purpose. Ms. Carrasco uses her outside-the-box thinking to craft solutions many of her clients never realized even possible. She is a member of Oklahoma Bar Association, Cleveland County Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Ms. Carrasco earned her B.A. degree in psychology and her J.D. and M.A. degrees from Oklahoma City University.

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Ryan P Sayler

Ryan P. Sayler

Colgan & Associates, LLC
Ryan Sayler

has built his career upon advocating for children and helping families safely manage challenging situations. He began his work counseling and caring for youth to help them work through mental and behavioral issues, so that they could heal and move beyond past issues. Through this experience, Mr. Sayler saw first-hand how important support and security is for our youth, which made him passionate about advocating for children and helping families better communicate and function together. After spending six years in the social work field as a counselor and mental health worker, he found himself wanting to make a bigger impact. Now in the family law field, Mr. Sayler is able to apply his knowledge and commitment toward helping families navigate through difficult circumstances so they can move forward with their lives. He is skilled at identifying areas of leverage in negotiation, and encourages clients toward a favorable outcome prior to litigation. Mr. Sayler's efficient and adaptable approach serves his clients well when it is necessary to take their case to the courtroom. He practices family law throughout central Pennsylvania, including Dauphin, Cumberland, Lebanon, Lancaster, Perry, York, Adams and Franklin counties. Mr. Sayler earned his bachelor's degree in youth development psychology from North Central University. He went on to earn his law degree from The Penn State Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he still remains involved consulting the Community Law Clinic. Additionally, Mr. Sayler's experience with public speaking, legal drafting and creative research serve as a tremendous benefit to his clients and their cases.

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Dr. Jerome H Poliacoff

Dr. Jerome H. Poliacoff

Jerome H. Poliacoff, Ph.D
Jerome Poliacoff

maintains a private practice in Coral Gables and Boca Raton, Florida, where his time is spent providing both clinical and forensic services. Dr. Poliacoff is a child, adolescent and adult psychologist licensed in the state of Florida since 1984. His training included pre- and post-doctoral internships and training at the Children's Psychiatric Centers in Miami, Florida. Dr. Poliacoff has been a staff consultant to the Northwest Dade Community Mental Health Center, where he conducted the pre-doctoral internship training in child assessment; and on the staff of Charter Hospital of Miami, where he served as co-director of an adult inpatient unit. He is a frequent consulting and testifying expert in both family and dependency courts in Florida's Eleventh, Fifteenth, and Seventeenth Judicial circuits; an expert in cases involving discrimination and harassment claims in federal employment law cases; an expert in the assessment and defense of tort claims for emotional damages in cases involving children, adolescents and adults; and he serves as a Level III third party review expert of pediatric patient insurance appeals for National Medical Review of Pennsylvania. Dr. Poliacoff earned his undergraduate degree from the City University of New York, and his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Miami, Coral Gables.

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