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    My question involves a child custody case from the State of: texas

    My husband and his daughter's mother have been separated since she was 6 months old( she is now 8). Her mother began a relationship with a new man about 3 1/2 years ago. My husband and her mother have had joint custody since the child was born. The new relationship sparked accusations of emotional abuse from the child. The accusations were confirmed through a child psychologist who did not report the abuse to CPS but instead her mother and boyfriend were called in to meet with the psychologist to report the findings. Since then he has committed suicide. Can her mother still be held accountable for letting this continue against her daughter? Should I report the psychologist for not reporting the abuse as well?

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    My question involves a child custody case from the State of: texas

    My husband and his daughter's mother have been separated since she was 6 months old( she is now 8). Her mother began a relationship with a new man about 3 1/2 years ago. My husband and her mother have had joint custody since the child was born. The new relationship sparked accusations of emotional abuse from the child. The accusations were confirmed through a child psychologist who did not report the abuse to CPS but instead her mother and boyfriend were called in to meet with the psychologist to report the findings. Since then he has committed suicide. Can her mother still be held accountable for letting this continue against her daughter? Should I report the psychologist for not reporting the abuse as well?
    Who committed suicide? Your post isn't clear on that.

    Psychologists are mandated reporters, so if it was believed that the child had been abused, the pyschologist was supposed to report to CPS.

    Since this involves your step child, it's better if your husband report the psychologist, rather than you. (more attention will be paid to a complaint filed by a parent, rather than a step parent).

    CPS will determine if the mother will be held accountable or not.

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    The abuse done to my stepdaughter was by her mother's boyfriend who is now deceased. My stepdaughter has told the child psychologist that her mother's boyfriend has called her "worthless and a brat" and also picked her up and thrown her (my stepdaughter) backwards on her bed while saying" Does that scare you?", "Good." Apparently my stepdaughter has also told the psychologist that when she told her mother her reply was,"Do you want me to talk to him about it?"
    In my eyes she knew and said nor did nothing to remedy this situation. My question is can her mother be held liable for the abuse because she knew? Obviously, her boyfriend can't because of earlier facts? Should this psychologist also be held accountable for not reporting the abuse.

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    You should let it go, and help the child to move on. This is only my opinion, but what I would want you to do were I the child.

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    The abuse done to my stepdaughter was by her mother's boyfriend who is now deceased. My stepdaughter has told the child psychologist that her mother's boyfriend has called her "worthless and a brat" and also picked her up and thrown her (my stepdaughter) backwards on her bed while saying" Does that scare you?", "Good." Apparently my stepdaughter has also told the psychologist that when she told her mother her reply was,"Do you want me to talk to him about it?"
    In my eyes she knew and said nor did nothing to remedy this situation. My question is can her mother be held liable for the abuse because she knew? Obviously, her boyfriend can't because of earlier facts? Should this psychologist also be held accountable for not reporting the abuse.
    As I said in my other post- your husband can file the report with CPS, and then CPS will determine what, if any, action they can take against the mother.

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