Resources
Did you know that 5 children die daily from child abuse in which 80% of cases their parent was the perpetrator?
2.9 million child abuse cases are reported each year, and many more abuse cases go unreported.
58,000 children annually are removed from a protective parent and given to the abusive parent. This statistic is from 2009. It is suspected that these numbers have doubled or tripled based on the number of cases and appeals being reported by experts.
The information below will help you navigate the ins and outs of the family court process. We’ve also included information on domestic violence and coercive control from experts in the field who understand the tactics used against an abuser’s target.
Keep coming back as we will be updating as we find new research and information. If you have resources for navigating the courts or understanding Domestic Violence by Proxy, Coercive Control, Legal Abuse Syndrome or Post Separation Abuse, please submit them for consideration here:
Americans with Disabilities Act
Title II of the ADA and Section 504 protect qualified individuals with disabilities, (such as the diagnosis, PTSD), which can include children, parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caretakers, foster and adoptive parents, and individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents, from discrimination by child welfare agencies and courts. https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/7fdc18cd-f694-49f4-835c-c2f0acc847da/downloads/1bsqoau28_670955.pdf?ver=1552950223368 www.familyforwardfoundation.com/files
A Judicial Guide to Child Safety in Custody Cases
The following link is to: “A Judicial Guide to Child Safety in Custody Cases” written by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges for judges. (This manual which was written for judges is helpful for parents to read to gain an understanding of what the judge would be able to do for domestic …
What is Coercive Control?
By Coercive Control Collective Coercive control is a pattern of controlling behaviors over time more akin to terrorism and stalking [1]. While psychological abuse does not always lead to physical violence, it is nearly always preceded and accompanied by psychological abuse [2]. Coercive control represents the unseen psychological abuses victims experience in the most damaging …
Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP)
DV LEAP was founded in 2003 in response to an urgent need for appellate litigation to protect the legal rights of women and children victimized by family violence. In partnership with the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence, DV LEAP has provided education on critical issues that often determine case outcomes, such as …
How Often Do Children’s Reports of Abuse Prove to be False?
The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence Research has consistently shown that false allegations of child sexual abuse by children are rare…. http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/csa-acc.html
Custody in Crisis: How Family Courts Nationwide Put Children in Danger
By Laurie Udesky (2016) Six years ago, in 2010, an appellate court in Tennessee affirmed a family court ruling that had awarded Darryl Sawyer primary custody of his six-and-a-half-year-old son, Daniel. Three years earlier, Daniel returned from a visit with his father with suspicious bruises on his bottom. His mother, Karen Gill, immediately took the …
Myths That Place Children at Risk During Custody Litigation
The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence Dallam. S. J., & Silberg, J. L. (Jan/Feb 2006). The Leadership Council is a nonprofit scientific organization concerned about the welfare of children. We have become increasingly concerned about the legal system’s treatment of victims of family violence during divorce and child custody proceedings. The LC …
How Many Children Are Court -Ordered Into Unsupervised Contact With an Abusive Parent After Divorce?
The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence Joyanna Silberg, PhD, Executive Vice President According to a conservative estimate by experts at the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence (LC), more than 58,000 children a year are ordered into unsupervised contact with physically or sexually abusive parents following divorce in the United …
Heroic Moms
Sometimes heroes are treated as villains. That’s what is happening now across the continent to mothers who attempt to protect their children from violent and abusive fathers. These protective mothers are attempting to do the right thing; To make their children’s safety the top priority; to teach them that intimidation, violation, and degradation are wrong; …
Wendi Miller Story
Lundy Bancroft on Wendi Miller (Carpenter) Story of Corruption in Ottawa County Family Court Wendi Miller was wrongfully jailed for protecting her children and keeping them away from their father after she learned that her ex-husband, Reverend Eric Carpenter, was sexually abusing her daughter. What happened in family court after that is appalling! Her children …
Education Resources
Education begins here… “The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused” by Beverly Engel. “The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond” by Patricia Evans. “Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Guide to Knowing If Your Relationship Can – and Should- Be Saved” by Lundy Bancroft. “The Manipulative …
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