At J. Rubin & Associates, we believe that vocational evaluations should be as thorough and painless as possible. Typically, a judge or attorney will order an evaluation when a party to a case is unemployed or underemployed and claims they simply don’t have the ability to earn additional wages. For example, if a construction worker with a learning disability has injured his back and has been resigned to part-time desk work, he or she may not have the skills or physical ability to take on a different job or career path. A judge may order an evaluation to prove this for the purposes of the legal case. These types of evaluations are often ordered for divorce and custody hearings in family court but may be used in lawsuits to establish an ability to pay a debt, fines or other penalties.

Once a vocational evaluation has been ordered, the evaluator will produce a report of his or her findings. This report may be used in the courtroom or settlement proceedings to establish the facts of a case. Determining the facts of a case takes time and vocational evaluations are often one piece of a larger puzzle that the courtroom will examine. However, the job of the vocational evaluation provider is to be accurate and bias-free with their finding. This requires a thorough and objective evaluation performed by an experienced professional at J. Rubin & Associates.

If you are in need of a vocational evaluation for your court case or if you would like to set up a consultation, please contact us at 770-789-9987 today.