Scott's ex Laura (Wendy Crewson) and her new husband, Neil (Judge Reinhold) — a psychiatrist with a truly heinous sweater collection — get Scott's visitation rights for Charlie taken away all because Scott supports Charlie's belief in Santa Claus. Neil basically brainwashes Laura into this decision because he hates Scott with the fire of 1,000 suns by citing psychobabble about Scott standing in the way of Charlie's maturity and development. It's garbage, but she goes along with it, because she's married to a man who wears Cosby sweaters unironically and we really can't expect much from her in the way of good decisions.
