I don’t have nearly as much to offer here as I’d like. Unfortunately, resources for polyamory, and non-monogamy in general, are still slim on the ground. If you know of any additional resources, please include them in the comments.
Dr. Eli Sheff
Dr. Sheff is an educational consultant on sexual and relationship minorites. However she is better known in the polyamory community as one of the top researchers on polyamory. A few years ago she left academia and is now available as an expert witness for folks facing court challenges based on their life- and love-styles. Sheff’s testimony as an experienced researcher who spent 10 years gathering information on children raised in poly relationships can be extremely helpful in establishing that polyamory is not harmful to your children.
Poly-Friendly Professionals Lists
These lists are far from complete, but a good starting place for finding a lawyer or therapist in your area who is open to polyamory. If you can only find one poly-friendly lawyer, and can afford to hire two lawyers, I recommend hiring the poly-friendly lawyer to represent your kids. Your lawyer is required to act like they think polyamory is good for kids regardless of their personal thoughts. Your kid’s lawyer is required to act in what they think is the best interest of the kids. Which means if they support polyamory they are more likely to support you, if they are against polyamory they will almost definitely support your ex.
Poly-Friendly Professionals List
Love More Poly Professionals List
Sexual Freedom Legal Defense and Education Fund
According to their website, the SFLDEF provides:
- Money towards legal and litigation expenses, such as attorney fees and expert witness fees.
- Referrals to attorneys and expert witnesses knowledgeable about alternative sexual expression and willing to take cases dealing with it.
- Public information and education about alternative sexual expression
for people in alternative sexual lifestyles. Really wish I’d know about these folks during my case. I suggest making them your first call.
This wraps up our review of polyamory in child custody cases.