Legal Opinion

Rawich v. Amanda K.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 1, 2011PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mercure, J.E

Family Court temporarily placed the children in the grandparents’ custody. While there, the oldest child was observed pulling on her genitals while bathing and stated that she had been instructed to do so by the mother and to “tell her how ... it feels.” Petitioner accordingly requested, and Family Court ordered without objection, that the daughters be evaluated by psychotherapist Edythe Raiten for evidence of recent sexual abuse. After Raiten opined that the oldest child had been sexually abused by the mother, the parents moved for an evaluation by another expert, which Family…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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