Parental Responsibilities Evaluation (PRE) Services
Dr. Stephanie Norris, Phd, LPC, LAC
I provide Parental Responsibilities Evaluations for the Court and associated therapy and assessments. My office is located in Centennial, Colorado. My role as an evaluator is to assist parents, attorneys, and judges in determining the allocation of parental responsibilities, including parenting time, decision making and providing a comprehensive evaluation of the family system. The goal in an evaluation is to make recommendations describing a constructive situation for maximizing the child’s relationship with each parent. The aim is to preserve the opportunity for future relating between each parent and child.
The Parental Responsibility Evaluation (PRE) process is generally entered into when the parties have failed to reach consensus about how to constructively share parenting responsibilities for their child(ren). This can be a stressful and contentious process. As with mediations, neither party should expect to have all of their expectations met. Keep in mind that the goal is to craft recommendations for preserving the child(rens) opportunity for a relationship with each parent. My goal/role is to assist you in this process. If the parties do not reach a settlement, the Court will make the final recommendation.