Hundreds of British mothers now have a chance to regain custody and belatedly get justice following a court-appointed evaluator being exposed as unqualified and suspended. Possibly over a thousand.
This evaluator has conducted at least 1680 evaluations! So that’s lots of mamas who have the opportunity to get their babies back.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is that the mothers will likely have to appeal, and in the UK mothers must get permission. Then, if they get permission, they still have to win the appeal, a high hurdle. And then it’s back to Family Court, where a “qualified” evaluator will be appointed—and who will likely do the same thing, only with proper credentials.
But at least now there is a chance. If nothing else, these mothers, who’ve been so wronged in the Family Court system, can have a sense of empowerment by holding this disgusting evaluator somewhat accountable.
It turns out Graham Flatman is an educational psychologist, not a clinical psychologist and is only qualified to assess children, not adults.
The HCPC found Graham Flatman had misled and damaged the reputation of the court and had “potentially” harmed the mother. They asserted his “misconduct brought the profession into disrepute and had the potential to harm [the mother]”.
Flatman was suspended for six months—a slap on the hand, considering he is essentially guilty of committing fraud on the court in each and every one of the 1680 cases.
Although it is great that this one fraudulent evaluator is being exposed and all these mothers now have a chance at justice, this needs to be put into the larger context of the Custody Crisis. Remember: the personal is political. It does no good to tell stories without linking them to the larger issue—and fighting for an effective solution.
Focusing on the fact that this particular psychologist did not have the proper credentials to assess adults makes it sound like he is just a bad apple. When, in fact, he was appointed just like all the others because he is known to go along to get along with the agenda to steer cases to the father.
Whether trained or qualified—or not, they are all colluding in the goal of switching custody to the father. Judges appoint professionals who will lie and distort, then simply parrot their lies in the Findings and Orders (and usually add more of their own).
The important point is that judges and appointees are all in on it. Training will not help. They know exactly what they are doing.
Source: 100’s of Mothers Get Chance to Regain Custody after Evaluator Suspended