Well, you are right about the lawyer being the person to initiate the search for a psychologist, mostly because the lawyer is the only one who has the references on who to get for court testimony, who is believed, who is well documented... I was pointing out that the cost is still borne by the defendant and that it is a big one. To go into court without some insight from her is to go in without discovery... only an inexperienced lawyer would do that. To be very blunt about it, even a part time courtroom tv watcher would be aware that you can't hire somebody a psychiatrist and demand that they speak to them. But then we know that your point was made to be sure poster realized this very salient fact... because who knows? Maybe she's never watched TV.

And frankly if it becomes an issue that the daughter seeks NOT to face a psychologist, then it surely becomes more of a hesaid/shesaid situation where the court cannot find him guilty without other testimony. That means the lawyer SHOULD seek character witnesses for the father... especially those that the daughter would have been close to... as many as possible. At least one for every damaging bit of testimony her side brings in.

I still espouse getting more insight on what the daughter wants out of this. If he is truly innocent, then she must have some motivation to do this kind of damage to her daddy. Has she lied in the past? Has she been manipulated in the past? Have spurious charges been part of the marital acrimony? I'm not suggesting he question her. I'm suggesting that he may already know but that he hasn't told his attorney.