Help Uncover a National Scandal: A Few Mouse Clicks and One Grain of Rice

steps of U.S. Supreme Court photo: theusconstitution.org

  Click on the steps above to join the cause We Support Linda Marie Sacks as she Presents her Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court   by Julia Fletcher Just for a moment, pretend you’re the editor of the Washington Post. You hear about a mother who’s asking the U.S. Supreme Court  to hear her … Read more

Faces of the Family Court Crisis

Hating to Say, “I Told You So.”

by Julia Fletcher   In 1986, the Staff Attorney for the National Center on Women and Family Law reviewed Dr. Chesler’s book, Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody.    Attorney Schulman wrote: “Chesler eloquently – and finally – breaks the wall of silence and discrimination surrounding the custody battles that women and their advocates have been … Read more

Is Emily the Only One?

  by Julia Fletcher   Is Emily Gallup the only one?  Is Emily really the only one working in that family court system who knows “… mediators were given insufficient time for mediation appointments and were allowed inadequate review of records and gathering of facts.” ? Is Emily the only one who knows “…mediators failed to consider criminal history” ? Is she the … Read more

Starting With the Basics at the Top of the List

from flickr.com: Patrick Star's To Do List

   by Julia Fletcher A new friend with years of experience working as a domestic violence advocate was gracious enough to talk on the phone and wonder out loud with me. As we tried to figure out how to fix the family court crisis as quickly as possible, we shared anecdotes about different judges in different states mishandling abuse cases in the same kinds of ways – … Read more

If This Were a Race, Australia Would be Winning

“FAMILY law changes that redefine domestic violence, place greater weight on child safety and arguably weaken the Howard government’s shared parenting laws will go ahead after three-quarters of stakeholders endorsed the Gillard government’s draft changes…”

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