So far
from these topics being off - limits, any MHP seeking appointment in a court case needs to fully inform the parties prior to their consent [123], of
information about the following kinds of potentials for bias and agenda: whether the MHP has been married or divorced, and how many times, and under what kinds of circumstances, and how the MHP currently feels about those events; whether, if divorced, the MHP went through litigation over custody or property, and such details as whether the MHP had problems paying or
receiving child support, as well as the custody arrangements of the MHP's own
children and how these worked out and everyone's feelings about them; the MHP's own
personal experience taking care of and spending time with
children, within and without the scope of «parenting», and with regard to parenting, whether that was parenting as a primary caregiver, married or single parent, with or without household and third party help, or as a working parent or stay - home parent, and for how many
children, and for how long, and the outcomes
from all of that; i.e. how much time has this person actually spent caring for
children on his or her own, and how well did this person's own family systems function, and is this person in fact an «expert» in creating a functioning family and raising happy, healthy, successful
children with good outcomes, nay «best» outcomes, thoroughly well - adjusted and having reached the very pinnacles of their innate potential.