Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida

Can I Sue my marriage counselor?

My wife and I are separated. At first she was willing to talk and take my calls and even hug and kiss me when we saw each other. However, on my wife's very first visit to our counselor, without knowing anything about us, or our history or situation, he offered my wife a very generic and broad suggestion, that had NOTHING to do with US. He said, "This will take a very long time to fix." On my first visit, he told me, �this will take as long to fix as it did to break." How can he come to that specific conclusion about our particular marriage, without knowing a thing about the situation? Now, after hearing what the counselor thinks, my wife won�t take my calls, and insists that this will take a very long time! I know it will take some time and some counseling sessions, but to make such a nonspecific statement, to very vulnerable women, in need of professional advice, is just wrong! Now my wife has made plans for the long haul. She got a separate bank account, and is getting her own apartment; she won�t take my calls, and is unwilling to talk to me at all, and she has abandoned her home and me and has taken my daughter with her. All this in just a few visits to our counselor. He has made the situation worse. He is driving my wife away instead of closer. I think he doesn�t care about our marriage as much as he cares about billing us for a VERY LONG TIME.

Please Help!

John


Asked on 9/29/10, 7:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Shelly Schellenberg MI & FL private practice

You can sue him, the question is whether or not you will be able to collect. It is likely that your wife will testify that all of the steps she has taken, to become independant of you, are decisions that she made without undue influence. It is likely that the counselor will testify that your marriage was very broken, citing specific issues, long before your first visit with him. It is likely that you will not be able to prove any sort of malpractice or licensing violation (assuming this person is licensed).

You can choose to not attend counseling sessions and not pay for any further counseling. It sounds as if you need a Family Law (divorce) attorney to protect your child's best interests now.

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Answered on 10/05/10, 5:23 am


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