Psychiatric and psychological reports for family proceedings
Independent assessments for family and children proceedings, including parenting capacity, parental mental health and litigation capacity, prepared under Family Procedure Rules Part 25.
Family proceedings, particularly those involving children, often need an independent view of a parent's mental health or a child's needs. Expert Medical arranges psychiatric and psychological reports for family courts, prepared by clinicians experienced in this work and written for court under Family Procedure Rules Part 25.
Child-focused expertise
Assessments are carried out by psychiatrists and psychologists experienced in family work, including child and adolescent specialists, so the report reflects the needs of the child at the centre of the case.
Capacity and parenting
We arrange assessments of parenting capacity, of parental mental health and substance use, and of a party's capacity to conduct the litigation, each set out clearly for the court.
Prepared for the timetable
Care proceedings work to a statutory timetable of 26 weeks in most cases. Reports are prepared with that timetable in mind and to the standards Part 25 requires of an expert.
Independent assessment, with the child kept in view
Family cases are difficult and personal. Our reports aim to give the court a fair, evidence-based assessment, prepared without taking a side, so decisions about children rest on a clear clinical picture.
- Parenting capacity assessments
- Parental mental health assessments
- Parental substance use where it affects the child
- Litigation capacity of a party to the proceedings
- Child and adolescent psychological assessments
- Attachment and the child's emotional needs
- Risk assessments where the court requires them
- Reports for private law and public law children cases
- Oral evidence at court where required
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