FL-Forensic

Family law regulates the legal relationships of people who are connected to each other by marriage, civil unions, family and relations, or where there is a custodianship, trusteeship or legal guardianship in place. Are you having legal issues regarding marriage, adoption, divorce or seeking custody of your children?

Two attorneys recently published advice on 'coping with subpoenas' for the Medical Association of Alabama. I describe several errors in the article. The American Psychiatric Association (ApA) recently published advice on 'coping with subpoenas', in a manner similar to the American Psychological Association ApA).

Some thoughts on the disclosure of health care records, including both state law and HIPAA. Litigation - if you have collected information in preparation for litigation, that's not something that you are using to make decisions about individuals.

But be careful about that one, because the underlying information that may have been used to make a decision about an individual is part of the DRS that individuals that a right to, even if it ultimately ends up in a litigation file.This is a Colorado Supreme Court case, so it might have substantial influence in other states.

This is a Google Custom Search service - this search 'bot' will perform a search on a variety of open-access journals and websites, all of which are specifically related to forensic psychology. Many of these websites cannot be accessed via other kinds of online searches or listing services, such as APA's psycnet, EBSCO, or Google Scholar.

I get a number of questions about the creation, maintenance, disclosure, integrity, and destruction of mental health records. Here are some of those questions and my responses. WARNING: this area is regulated by state and federal statutes, regulations, and case law. I am not an attorney. The information provided here is generic, and your local jurisdiction and specific circumstances may differ.