ABUSE AND CUSTODY DISPUTES: SCIENTIFIC AND LEGAL ISSUES, Excellent Leadership Council collection of articles and research ACTION ALERT! "A MIXED AND DANGEROUS TOOL FOR JUDGES ON CUSTODY EVALUATIONS", Zorza, Joan, JD AMERICAN JUDGE'S ASSOCIATION BOOKLET
Domestic Violence & The Courtroom: Understanding The Problem... Knowing The Victim AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ARE 'GOOD ENOUGH' PARENTS LOSING CUSTODY TO ABUSIVE EX-PARTNERS? Exceptional collection of Leadership Council professional articles and research documenting the harm being perpetrated on battered mothers and their children by family courts using PAS ARE MOTHERS LOSING THE CUSTODY WARS?
Mason, Mary Ann ASSESSING RISK TO CHILDREN FROM BATTERERS - THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BATTERERS AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PERPETRATORS, Synergy, Newsletter of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Winter, 2002 BANCROFT, LUNDY: ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, including Understanding the Batterer In Custody and Visitation Disputes; Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men; The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics BATTERED MOTHER'S TESTIMONY PROJECT, "Battered Mothers Speak Out: A Human Rights Report on Domestic Violence and Child Custody in the Massachusetts Family Courts." Wellesley Centers for Women BATTERED MOTHERS v. US FAMILY COURTS
Human Rights Dialogue 2.10 (Fall 2003), The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs BATTERED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN
University of Alaska Web Site CALIFORNIA N.O.W. 2002 CA Family Court Report; Gender Bias in the Courts; other DV related resources and articles CUSTODY SWITCH
Kramer, Jill, Pacific Sun, October 24-30, 2001; An article discussing Parental Alienation Syndrome CASUALTIES OF A CUSTODY WAR
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, A three-part in-depth look at the use of PAS in custody cases and it's fatal effect on the children in one family COUNTER ARGUMENTS FOR MOTHERS IN FAMILY COURTS CUSTODIANS OF ABUSE, Lombardi, Kristin, January 09, 2003, The Boston Phoenix DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Waits, Kathleen, JD, Houston Law Review, 1998 Symposium DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -- LEGAL ISSUES
48 links to excellent articles, research, case law, more FIFTY OBSTACLES TO LEAVING - WHY ABUSE VICTIMS STAY, Buel, Sarah M., JD, The Colorado Lawyer, October, 1999, Vol. 28, No. 10 SMALL JUSTICE: LITTLE JUSTICE IN AMERICA'S COURTS, Garland Waller, Producer (conference presenter); Highly acclaimed, multi-award winning documentary film. Small Justice received the "Award for Media Excellence" from The Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute at the 8th International Conference on Family and Domestic Violence. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN; Integrating the public policy to protect children with the custody statute is not a simple affair, Kleinman, Toby G., JD; The New Jersey Law Journal, August 5, 2002 | FINAL REPORT OF THE CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION FOCUS GROUP, March 1-3, 1999, University of Nevada, Reno
A project of the National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, supported by Grant No. 98-WE-VXK004 awarded by the Violence Against Women Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. GUARDIANS AD LITEM IN PRIVATE CUSTODY LITIGATION: THE CASE FOR ABOLITION, Ducote, Richard, JD; Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law [Vol. 3, 2002], pp. 106-141 HIGH CONFLICT DIVORCE OR STALKING BY WAY OF THE FAMILY COURT? The Empowerment of a Wealthy Abuser in Family Court Litigation - Linda v. Lyle - A Case Study, Sutherland, T. J., R.N., B.S.N., P.H.N., J.D. GENDER FAIRNESS IN THE COURTS: ACTION FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM, Schafran, Lynn Hecht, JD, and Wikler, Norma J., JD; National Judicial Education Program, A Project of N.O.W. Legal Defense and Education Fund in cooperation with the National Association of Women Judges, 2001 HART, BARBARA J., COLLECTED WRITINGS on a multitude of topics related to domestic violence, child custody, DV victims and family courts, etc.; Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) INCUBATED IN TERROR: NEURODEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS IN THE 'CYCLE OF VIOLENCE' , Perry, Bruce D., M.D., Ph.D., The Child Trauma Academy KRAUSE, ALANNA (age 16), LETTING CHILDREN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, San Francisco Daily Journal, Monday, July 17, 2000 KRAUSE, ALANNA (age 18), FEDERAL LAWSUIT against her father, court-appointed therapist, and court-appointed attorney KRAUSE, ALANNA (age 18), LEGAL COMPLAINT AGAINST SANDRA M. ACEVEDO, January 7, 2002 [Acevedo is the court-appointed attorney Krause alleged failed to protect her] LEGAL ABUSE SYNDROME, Huffer, Karin, MS/MFT LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA BAR AND METRO ATLANTA AREA MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, Ducote, Richard, JD; April 29, 2002
A LITTLE GIRL'S HELL, July 22, 1999- New Times LA MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY COURTS VIOLATE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF BATTERED MOTHERS, Family Violence Prevention Fund MCCLEAN RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT BRAIN DAMAGE LINKED TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, December 14, 2000, Belmont, MA; McLean Hospital researchers have identified four types of brain abnormalities linked to child abuse and neglect, providing the first comprehensive review about the multiple ways in which abuse can damage the developing brain. MINNESOTA CENTER AGAINST VIOLENCE AND ABUSE (MINCAVA) ELECTRONIC CLEARING HOUSE, Providing quick access to over 3000 resources MYTH OF EPIDEMIC FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN DIVORCE CASES, McDonald, Merrilyn, M.S.W., Court Review, Spring 1998 Nicholson v. Williams, 820 N.E. 2d 840 (N.Y. 2004); LEGAL VICTORY FOR BATTERED MOTHERS: "...Nicholson received nationwide attention as the first case in the country to challenge as unconstitutional child welfare practices that punish rather than protect domestic violence victims and their children..." ORGANIZATIONS dealing with Battered Mothers and their children PANEL UPSETS FATHER'S CUSTODY OVER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES, Orange County, NY Family Court Appeals Reversal in DV Case, NY LAW JOURNAL, November 2002 PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME AND PARENTAL ALIENATION: Getting It Wrong In Child Custody Cases, Bruch, Carol, JD; 35 Family Law Quarterly, 5/27/2001 WHAT WE MUST DO TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN; THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'SICK' AND 'EVIL', A call to action by attorney Andrew Vachss, JD, Parade Magazine, July 14, 2002 |