Family Court Reform Archives

Training on Domestic Violence and Trauma in Family Court Saves Lives

(Names have been changed to protect the surviving children associated with this case.) “I can be shrill and unlikeable, but it’s because I am panicked for my sons,” Tracey, a survivor of domestic violence, wrote to me two years ago while she was fighting to protect her children from a man whom she believed was…

Gender Wars In Family Court Undermine Child Safety

“There is no accountability or oversight in Family Court today. There is no integrity. Who is looking out for our children while everyone is getting rich at their expense?” – Kelly Rutherford, Actress and Co-Founder of The Children’s Justice Campaign Last week, The Good Men Project posted an article about non-custodial fathers. The article discussed…

A Different Kind Of Mother’s Day

This past Sunday was Mother’s Day. I suspect that I will never have a Mother’s Day when someone doesn’t look at me with puppy eyes and wonder how I am holding things together. I am not sure I will ever have another Mother’s Day where I don’t feel as if I am between emotions.…