Proving noncompliance to treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

[Family Court Strategies: When Your Partner Has BPD OR NPD Traits.]

I had a friend who worked as a social worker for child welfare in my area that the best way to ensure that I get primary custody.  I do have evidence of her being referred for treatment from her various doctors over the years, and I do have dates for her noncompliance, such as not taking meds, overdosing on her meds, getting kicked out of DBT twice, quitting therapy, leaving a partial hospital program against medical advice (and without needing to otherwise), being hospitalized for multiple panic attacks, etc.

Tell me some good strategies for laying out the case, so I can put my best foot forward.  Are there specific kinds of information that I need?  Are there pitfalls I need to look out for?  Please let me know.

[iluminati]

I had a friend who worked as a social worker for child welfare in my area that the best way to ensure that I get primary custody.  I do have evidence of her being referred for treatment from her various doctors over the years, and I do have dates for her noncompliance, such as not taking meds, overdosing on her meds, getting kicked out of DBT twice, quitting therapy, leaving a partial hospital program against medical advice (and without needing to otherwise), being hospitalized for multiple panic attacks, etc.

Tell me some good strategies for laying out the case, so I can put my best foot forward.  Are there specific kinds of information that I need?  Are there pitfalls I need to look out for?  Please let me know.

[momtara]

You'd probably have to show how it affects the kids or your/her ability to care for them... .

[livednlearned]

You'd probably have to show how it affects the kids or your/her ability to care for them... .

That's been my experience, too. Demonstrate how these behaviors have impacted the kids. Then get an expert witness to testify what the effects of BPD are on the children.

I learned how important it is to have a third-party mental health professional testify -- in your case it might be an expert witness. In my case, that person was a PC, and her observations of N/BPDx went far enough to get me sole custody.