Overdue Custody Evaluation Report
My court ordered Best Interest Evaluation (BIE) forensic psychologist custody evaluator has blown two deadlines (3/20, 5/01) to file his report with the court. I tried following up with him on 4/13 but no response, he's basically disappeared off the face of the earth. I have complied with the rules of discovery and shared all my Dropbox BIE collateral/records with the evaluator and my adversary simultaneously but that has not been reciprocated. Opposing counsel claimed that my adversary has finished meeting with the evaluator while omitting that she has postponed her meetings multiple times due to supposed childcare issues despite me offering to babysit to help her complete her meetings which she declined to accept. I have an OTSC hearing on 6/05 where one of my relief petitions are to reverse the current pendente lite custody schedule but my lawyer said that judge telegraphed to both counsels at the latest case management conference that he won't make such a consequential decision without the BIE report. Is it appropriate to politely follow up with my BIE evaluator directly or should I have counsel do it? What is the proper etiquette? I don't see the harm of me emailing directly but I appreciate anyone who has experienced stalling in their custody evaluations and what they did to move things along. Thanks!