Originally Posted by
oln 
i was told last week that there was no way an alcoholic would get unsupervised access to his children until he could prove to the doctors he was no longer drinking, i am panicking please tell me this is true
First you would have to prove that someone is an alcoholic in Court.
I suppose this could be done by his or her admissions (things he or she said) or multiple witnesses speaking of his excessive drinking or multiple DWI convictions. Or maybe provide documentation of treatment for alcoholism. If he has doctors to testify that they believe him to be an alcoholic, that would be good evidence.
THEN you would have to prove that he/she is still drinking.
Again, by witnesses or admissions or documents.
Unless the other party wants to admit his or her alcoholism, you have a steep climb to make your case, and mine is not about to admit it. Plus, if my witnesses (his doctors) are going to say that he is okay to have the kids unsupervised, what evidence do *I* have to counteract that? the courts in my county will do what the psych doctors advise as they are the experts.