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Using the word \u201cdelusional\u201d to describe a parent in a report to be used in a child custody hearing doesn\u2019t automatically get a psychologist fined.<\/p>\n

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Unless, that is, a state licensing board finds out the psychologist never talked to the parent, never met the parent and had no incidents that objectively pointed to delusion.<\/p>\n

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Monday, Florida became the second state to fine Key Biscayne\u2019s John A. Moran for the above unethical presumption.<\/p>\n

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READ MORE: Key Biscayne psychologist called a mom he never met \u2018delusional\u2019 in custody case<\/b><\/p>\n

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Moran has been fined $2,000 by Florida\u2019s Board of Psychology and charged $640 in case costs. He\u2019s also required to take 18 hours of continuing education courses, broken down as 10 hours on child custody evaluation and child custody assessment; three hours on ethics; three hours on risk assessment; and two hours in laws and rules.<\/p>\n

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This is the first discipline on the Florida license Moran has held since Nov. 17, 2022. His license in Arizona remains clean. Moran\u2019s website lists a Scottsdale UPS store as a contact address.<\/p>\n

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Assessment without any association<\/h2>\n

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Florida\u2019s fines and requirements fall under \u201creciprocal discipline,\u201d a state punishing a licensed professional for punitive actions by another state in which the professional is licensed. In this case, Florida is fining Moran after Oregon dunned him $2,500 for violating the ethical standard for \u201cBasis for Assessments.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In March 2021, Oregon granted Moran, who was and remains licensed in Arizona, a visitor\u2019s license to practice psychology in Oregon until March 25, 2022. According to the findings of fact in Oregon\u2019s final order against Moran, the divorce attorney for an Oregon husband hired Moran for an \u201cexpert consultation on relevant family custody issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Moran handed over his report on \u201cparental alienation in the family\u201d to the lawyer on April 26, 2022, after his visitor\u2019s license had expired.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the report conclusions, [Moran] suggested that the court change the legal and physical custody of the children exclusively to father \u201cwhile mother\u2019s delusional disorder is receiving treatment,\u201d the Oregon final order\u2019s findings of fact said. \u201cIn the report conclusions, [Moran] suggested that the mother receive individual treatment \u201cto resolve her delusional disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But Moran \u201cnever interviewed or met the mother and had an insufficient objective basis on which to determine that she met the criteria for delusional disorder,\u201d the findings of fact said. \u201cNevertheless, he referred to the mother\u2019s purported delusional disorder in at least three places in the report and included in his report a definition of delusion, and summary of the characteristics of delusional disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Calling a mom \u2018delusional\u2019 without meeting her cost a Key Biscayne psychologist<\/a><\/p>\n

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