Atheist Mom Forced Into Court-Ordered Christian Counseling

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144. She always had the right to get her counseling done by someone else.

The problem, I suspect, her attorney said complete the program already scheduled and you have your children back in a month, opt for another counselor, you will not get your children back till that counseling is finished, which may be months away.

Thus she had a choice, a choice she disliked but a choice. She is protesting her choice, which will NOT help her case in front of the Judge. I suspect the Judge did not pick this counselor but her attorney did for the counselor was known to be acceptable to the Judge, quick to schedule and quick to process a client through the required sessions and cheap (and able to do the counseling around the schedule of the client).

Once the counseling started it was to late to go with someone else. I suspect the attorney had no other client who complained of this counselor, for the attorney's other clients all understood it was a series of sessions they had to comply with and thus took what occur to get it over with as quickly as possible. This woman refused to do the same and we are hearing her complain of it.

I pity her attorney, Judges like people who cooperate with the Court AND the other parent. The Number one reason people lose custody of their children to the other parent is when the parent interferes with visitation of the other parent. The Court's want the children to be involved with BOTH parents and refusing to work with the other will lead to a switch in custody. That counseling was ordered indicates problems with this custody and visitation case, problems one should avoid if you want to retain custody.

We may hear of this case again, some people never learn to work with other people and that sounds like what is happening here. Her ex-husband may be worse, but he is avoiding the media which the Judge will remember that as evidence the Father is looking out for the best interest of the Children by keeping their name out of the Media. She is NOT helping herself by making this a media issue and that will NOT be looked upon nicely the Judge.