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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, I have gotten several neuropyschs without the written consent of my husband.  Shop around.  Really the only circumstance in which a health professional should require the written consent of both parents is when the clinician knows the parents are divorced and there is a custody order - then they should ask what the custody order says about medical decision making.

If you are married to the kid's bio dad, there should be no requirement to consent both parents - the consent of either is valid.

If you are single and never married your kids dad and there's no written custody order about medical decision making, then you as the mother can provide full consent.

I've taken my DCs to many psychiatry, therapy and assessment appointments and only once have I had a psychiatrist insist that the other parent consent (and participate).  The other parent did consent and initially participated, but soon made excuses.  The clinician did not continue to mandate his participation -- I think the clinician had seen enough to know what was going on. [/quote]

Not OP but the divorced mom here who was asked for the other parent’s consent despite me telling them that there is no specific custody order (it’s literally two lines like “child will be with dad on weekends”). I was surprised too as it was never a problem before. Now I am hesitant to shop around as my ex caught wind and I am not sure our kid will never mention and it’s not good to tell him to keep it from his dad etc etc [/quote]

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