Evidence Strategies for Child Custody Quotes

“Parents who exhibit Borderline Personality Disorder have a tendency to be chronic blammers while always viewing themselves as the better parent. A person with BPD is more likely to project their own misbehavior on you while rallying others to view them as a victim. Unfortunately, an outside observer is likely to perceive this blame game as two immature parents who aren’t capable of putting their child first. Your attempts to expose the other parent’s outlandish lies may even make you appear malicious.”
― Erik Dearman, Evidence Strategies for Child Custody: A Winning Custody Guidebook

“Recent studies have reported that high-conflict custody cases have higher likelihood of at least one parent with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), Sociopathy or a related condition. People with BPD have an ability to maintain a public persona that’s appears charming, but when triggered or behind closed doors, they are disrespectful, manipulative, and abusive to their spouse and have little empathy for the impact their behavior has on their child.”
― Erik Dearman, Evidence Strategies for Child Custody: A Winning Custody Guidebook

“Evidence Packet Evidence Index & Summary Relationship Timeline Witness Worksheet Photo Album Video or Audio Recordings (if available)”
― Erik Dearman, Evidence Strategies for Child Custody: A Winning Custody Guidebook

“An effective timeline includes the dates of when the relationship began, residential history, when the children were born, career changes, instances of infidelity or abuse, breakups, marriage dissolution, when custody was first disputed, or other major milestones that relate to child custody and your relationship to the other parent. A relationship timeline paints an overall picture, whereas a journal is more commonly used to document and reference specific details.”
― Erik Dearman, Evidence Strategies for Child Custody: A Winning Custody Guidebook

“Parents often have the urge to offer their children’s statements as evidence. If a Hearsay statement is offered as evidence in the court, the opposing party has the right to object to the statement being heard before the judge on the grounds that it is Hearsay.”
― Erik Dearman, Evidence Strategies for Child Custody: A Winning Custody Guidebook