In scenarios of determining child custody, it is not uncommon to call in a child custody expert witness to make a determination which placement is in the best interest of the child/children. In a situation of joint custody, a child can attend a school in either of his or her parents’ districts. A child’s educational prospects can change given his or her custody arrangement and resulting school placement. Oftentimes, the factors playing the largest roles in child custody arrangements are the child’s emotional well-being, educational needs, stability, and physical and mental health. An expert school comparison and placement evaluation may be used as evidence during a custody hearing. School Liability Expert Group has a school evaluation expert who can work in any U.S. state to assist with your particular case. Enlisting a child custody expert witness such as a school placement expert for a private school review can help give a child his or her best educational opportunities.
Reports, Testimony, and Consultation in Child Custody Matters
When enlisting the help of an expert witness, there are a few options. School Liability Expert Group can provide expert reports, expert testimony, or just expert consultation and recommendations. Perhaps your client is unhappy with the results of their child’s school evaluation. Our school evaluation expert can conduct a review of that evaluation and provide an expert opinion to help your client. Our process combines our expert’s specialized knowledge, their professional experience, research, and the child’s needs to determine whether the evaluation met the appropriate standard of care. We can then act as a child custody expert witness in your case.
Additionally, our team holds expertise in special education programs and services. Custody battles over children with special needs more often require an expert witness, as they have unique educational needs that one parent’s school district may be better able to meet than the other’s. In these situations, sometimes an expert with knowledge and special education expertise and experience may be called in as an expert witness. It is important to have a school placement expert conduct a special education program review or private school review to determine whether a specific placement would meet the needs of the child.. Any unique educational needs must be met by the agreed-upon custody arrangement, so a child custody expert witness who understands the intricacies of quality special needs services and programs is vital to these types of cases.
If the final agreement involves a form of joint child custody, then the child will have the option of attending a school in either parent’s district. If one parent lives in a district with much better educational opportunities than the other, calling in a school evaluation expert may help your case. Additionally, a school placement expert can step in to consult with the parents after the custody arrangement is finalized to assist in the school placement process. Book a call with the School Liability Expert Group to see how our child custody expert witness services can help your case.
School Review and Comparison Services
School Liability Expert Group conducts public or private school reviews at the request of a school, attorney, or parent. As mentioned above, this service can be especially helpful in matters of newly separated parents sharing joint custody from different school districts but also in cases where families are considering a job related move or relocation. It can be difficult to decide which educational institution is the best fit for a child. At the parent’s request, our expert team will review student records, assess current and potential school placement, and evaluate program quality. Our reviews include school and education issues associated with child custody matters and special education. Child custody expert witness services from our team include consultation for parents in addition to attorneys.
A school placement expert can then make recommendations to the parents based on their child’s unique needs and the options available. Sometimes, in cases where there are no options to meet the professional standard of care for specific programs such as special education services, a school evaluation expert can work with both the parents and the school to ensure accommodation and compliance by the school as well as child safety. In the end, our experts not only prioritize the needs of the students but we also help schools operate more effectively and efficiently to reduce any risk of litigation.
Apart from child custody expert witness services, the School Liability Expert Group can also review and assess issues related to bullying and harassment. In these scenarios, we can be called in by the school or the parents to help resolve these concerns. It does not matter the type of institution– our team conducts both public and private school reviews. Our team applies our experience, education, and training to the review and analysis of cases to ascertain the professional standard of care and the placement that is in the best interest of the child. This includes liability issues from school accidents to sexual harassment and bullying. For more information on how a school placement and evaluation expert can best assist you, book a call with the School Liability Expert Group.
Child Custody Expert Witness Services
School Liability Expert Group provides highly individualized, reliable, and prompt service for every case. Providing consultation and expert witness services to plaintiff and defendant attorneys, parents, schools, and any agencies responsible for the supervision and care of children in their custody, our diversified experience is unmatched. We are confident in the processes we have developed to tackle the school liability and child custody cases that have come our way, applying a combination of research and extensive experience to determine case viability and liability potential.
From child custody expert witness services to public and private school reviews, our expert team has worked with hundreds of law firms across the United States and in Canada. Our team has the expertise to assess any area in the field of education administration and supervision. We have a school placement expert to advise your student on his or her best educational opportunities, a school evaluation expert to consult on liability risk, court-qualified expert witnesses to testify during active litigation, and more. Read through some of our testimonials, and then book a call to discuss how the School Liability Expert Group can help you.