20.2.10

ACTION ALERT: 16 yr Old's Request Denied...Mom May Be Jailed

 

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Sixteen-year old Casey has been denied his request to move away from his allegedly abusive father and move to his mother%u2019s house. His mother, Rondi Anderson, is threatened with jail time if his does not return.

            Since being made case management judge in 2002 and following reports made by Ms. Anderson and her sons, ages 7 and 8,  that the boys were being abused while in their father%u2019s care. Justice Darlene Acton made a ruling that the father of Casey and his younger brother should be awarded sole custody and that their mother, Rondi Anderson, should have no contact with her boys whatsoever.

            Recently Casey was brought to his mother%u2019s residence when the police arrived after an assault on Casey by his father who had punched Casey in the face, kicked him in the head, and beaten him relentlessly. Once with his mother, Casey told her that this abuse was ongoing. He told Rondi that for years the boys had been told by their father and other relatives that she was an unfit mother. Casey reported his younger brother, his dad%u2019s new wife, and her five-year old daughter, were all victims of abuse by his father as well.

            Casey told his mother that he had been drinking heavily and taking drugs since he was twelve years old. He also reported that he had been suspended from school twelve times in junior high for drug use, counterfeiting, and other behavioral issues. When Casey was returned to his mother, he had not been taken to the dentist since she had last taken him and his brother in May 2004.  In 2002, Judge Acton had (upon the father%u2019s request) ordered that Rondi not be allowed to take the children to any doctor nor have access to school or school records.

            Since Casey has been living with his mother, he has been attending school regularly and is currently on the honor roll. While maintaining his grades, Casey also holds down a part-time job at a nearby restaurant.  Casey says that he now feels safe, happy, and loved. Yet, when Casey filed a motion asking the judge that he no longer be forced to live with his father, and asking that he be allowed to reside with his mother, the judge denied the motion and ordered that Casey be immediately returned to his father.  Upon hearing of the judge%u2019s ruling, Casey contacted Social Services, who admitted that while they have enough proof that Casey%u2019s father is abusive, they cannot go against the judge.  Child Protective Services has currently turned the case over to a supervisor.

            Meanwhile, Casey%u2019s father%u2019s attorney called for a secret hearing on this coming Tuesday, February 23. It has been threatened, and is likely that, as in the past, Ms. Anderson will be jailed if she is unable to force her sixteen-year old son to return to his father.  It is also possible that Casey may even be jailed as well. We are asking that the proper authorities open an investigation of this case and that Casey be allowed to reside with his mother while such an investigation is ongoing. It is unclear as to why, when legitimate concerns of abuse were raised by Rondi and her sons, that all of Ms. Anderson%u2019s parental rights were suddenly terminated. It is also unclear as to why, especially given the incidents surrounding and leading up to a sixteen-year old%u2019s return to his mother that his request be denied without question.

            For years Ms. Anderson has exhausted her resources in fighting for the welfare of her sons, and now when one of the sons is of a reasonable age to decide where he would like to live, his desires are not even taken into consideration. We are asking that this young man be granted the right to choose where he wishes to live, and that the welfare of his younger brother who still remains in his father%u2019s care, be seriously investigated. We are asking that the opinions of Social Services be heavily weighed in this case, and that these inexcusable decisions made by Justice Darlene Acton over the past eight years, which have so dramatically affected the lives of these two boys, be seriously questioned. Also, that Judge Acton be held accountable for what appears to be a critical mishandling of justice and blatant abuse of her authority.

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19.2.10

Kansas lawmakers put the deadbolt back in wedlock: “covenant marriages”

 
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Kansas looks to superglue some marriage bonds

By DAVID KLEPPER
The Star’s Topeka correspondent


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    TOPEKA | Kansas lawmakers have a plan to put the deadbolt back in wedlock: optional “covenant marriages” that could be ended for only specific reasons or after a trial separation.

    To break these bonds of matrimony, couples would have to undergo marriage counseling and live apart for at least a year. Divorces also could be granted after an infidelity or when one spouse has committed domestic violence or has been convicted of a serious crime.

    Couples would have to undergo premarital counseling to qualify and sign an affidavit affirming that their marriage is for life. Covenant marriages also would cost more — $25 on top of the existing $69 marriage license fee.

    Already married couples could upgrade to the covenant marriage. Same-sex couples would be ineligible.

    The House endorsed the measure Thursday. A final vote today will send the bill to the Senate.

    Supporters noted voters outlawed same-sex marriage to defend the sanctity of marriage. But covenant marriage — for those who want them — is a way to go on the offensive.

    “We are not forcing anybody into this agreement,” said Rep. Anthony Brown, a Eudora Republican. “It’s not going back to the 1800s. It’s still the same marriage law, unless you and your partner decide to go through a covenant marriage process.”

    For those who like to know where the exits are, standard marriage — which allows for no-fault divorce — would remain available.

    Critics contend that the extra obstacles could trap abused spouses or prolong the agony of couples who were never meant to be.

    “We need to be in touch with reality,” said House Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat. “Some people who get married discover they shouldn’t have gotten married. … I don’t want to force those people to stay in a marriage that is hurting them.”

    Only Arkansas, Arizona and Louisiana have covenant marriages on the books.

    Earlier Thursday, the House passed and sent to the Senate a bill waiving the state’s $69 marriage license fee for couples who sign an affidavit stating they lack the resources to pay.

    Rep. Jan Pauls said it was too bad some couples couldn’t afford the fee. But the Hutchinson Democrat added: “Maybe they’re going to just live on love.”

    To reach David Klepper, call 785-354-1388 or send e-mail to dklepper@kcstar.com.

    Posted on Thu, Feb. 18, 2010 11:06 PM

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    • jimd wrote on 2/19/2010 6:54:23 AM:

      Looks like the sequel to the sequel of Dumb and Dumber has arrived.

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    • vaxn8r wrote on 2/19/2010 6:13:44 AM:

      Seems like I read somewhere that budget/staff cuts were needed in Kansas this and next year; many other states certainly are in the same predicament.
      Heres an idea....lets just recess the state legislature for the year. It will save some money and limit the number of bonehead actions they might otherwise take.

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    • WJCBari06 wrote on 2/19/2010 6:13:10 AM:

      This rubs me the wrong way, and I'm even a right-leaning conservative. This is in every sense of the meaning, an infringement by the state into a matter of the church. The term "covenant" is a relationship between man and God; the state has no business whatsoever in regulating that. If we approach marriage as a covenant anyway, why do I have to pay more money just to make it look better in someone's books? If you want a divorce, you're going to get one. Let's not try to legislate Judeo-Christian terminology INTO an already failed human version of marriage, shall we? Worry about things that matter. It's very simple: If you get married, don't plan on divorce. In fact, don't even use the word. Take your vow seriously, and save all the hooplah and pomp of some worthless state-sponsored pat on the back.

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    • bobenish wrote on 2/19/2010 5:42:16 AM:

      Amazing that this group of Republicans is more intent on affecting the promise of others marriages than keeping their own promises. They have a state pension system that's among the two worst funded in the nation - less than 60 percent of their obligations covered.
      The Kansas Republicans promised the moon and delivered a cheap papier mache orb hanging by a thread.
      Smile Kansans, this is your GOP.

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    • Owlbe wrote on 2/19/2010 4:55:59 AM:

      It's crap like this that makes me ashamed to say I live in Kansas. Marriages are not going to succeed or fail based on a law. It takes love and you can't legislate that. Or maybe we can? We'll call it the "love covenant'. Any and all couples married or otherwise involved must stay in love for a period of not less that one year. Now all to gether everyone 'Joy to the World, Joy to the World...

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    • Tman wrote on 2/19/2010 1:25:43 AM:

      Great call legislature! And make sure you keep "evolution" in the closet too. Sure glad we got these folks to keep our moral compasses true. No doubt some of these marriages will go south with no hope of reconciliation. And no quick exit to get on with one's life. What a sad state of affairs.

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    18.2.10

    KanSUCKS! Passes into Law “Covenant Marriages” - Try to get a divorce now-- Unreal

    Note: Cross posted from [blogger AngelzFury] Kansans For Judicial Accountability.

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    Why is the GOVERNMENT into PERSONAL FAMILIES …?? WHY are THEY making LAWS- I don't get it…

    I am so very disheartened-again by Kansas Lawmakers…

    THEN WHY HAVE A LAW!!!!!!! IF IT IS VOLUNTARY!!!

    Good Gawd. Tax payers money in the BEDROOMs –again.

    STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!!

    http://cjonline.com/news/legislature/2010-02-18/covenant_marriages_approved

    Covenant marriages approved

     

    BY BARBARA HOLLINGSWORTH

    February 18, 2010 - 12:15pm

    A split Kansas House on Thursday approved a bill that supporters said would strengthen marriage but opponents argued would make divorce more difficult.

    An amendment offered on the House floor Thursday morning would set into state law provisions for a "covenant marriage." The bills says that couples entering into a covenant marriage would receive counseling before being married.

    Couples would have to declare, "If we experience marital difficulties, we commit ourselves to take all reasonable efforts to preserve our marriage, including marital counseling."

    Under the amendment brought by Rep. Anthony Brown, divorce could only be granted under certain grounds. Those reasons would include one spouse had committed adultery; been convicted of certain crimes, including murder or rape; or had abandoned the other spouse. Divorce also could be granted if couples had lived apart between one and two years depending on circumstances. No-fault divorces wouldn't apply as they currently do to marriages in Kansas.

    Rep. Joe Patton, R-Topeka, said it is important for lawmakers to try to strengthen marriages in the state, saying that divorce damages families and causes social ills. He emphasize that covenant marriages would be voluntary.<<<THEN WHY HAVE A LAW!!!!!!! IF IT IS VOLUNTARY!!!>>>

    "If this would save just a few families I think this would be important to do," he said. <<<WRONG!!!>>>>

    House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, said he's represented clients in hundreds of divorces in his work as an attorney and argued that couples don't enter divorce lightly. <<<EXACTLY!!!!!!>>>>

    "I wish the divorce rate were lower than what it is, but there is not a whole lot that we can do in this body to try to legislate people to stay married longer," he said. "I can tell you first hand that there will be a great deal of collateral damage that will be caused by forcing people to stay in marriages they shouldn't be in."

    The House gave first-round approval to the bill on a 70-49 vote. The amendment passed on a more narrow margin of 65-54.

    Barbara Hollingsworth can be reached at (785) 233-7470 or barbara.hollingsworth@cjonline.com and tweets at twitter.com/CapJ_Barb.

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    (FL) Domestic Violence: Death now a 1st-degree murder case: ‘he said he would kill me’- (he did)

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    They didn't do anything wrong? How about not reviewing evidence, and simply not taking domestic violence seriously. There is a lot more likelihood of a person getting killed by someone they know, than a stranger - especially when they have been threatened with death.

    http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/18/na-deathnowa1st-degreemurdercase/

    Death now a 1st-degree murder case

    By STEPHEN THOMPSON and NEIL JOHNSON

    spthompson@tampatrib.com njohnson@tampatrib.com

    Published: February 18, 2010

    CLEARWATER - Laura Taft said her boyfriend threatened to kill her if she ever left him.

    On Wednesday, with Taft still mourning the suspicious death of her 5-week-old son, Craig Wall made good on those threats, police say.

    Wall, a 34-year-old ex-convict and father of the dead boy, was charged with first-degree murder in Taft's stabbing death. The slaying and arrest, authorities say, came just days after Wall was released from jail for violating a temporary domestic violence injunction filed by Taft.

    The arrest affidavit requested that he be held without bail because he was suspected in the death of Craig Wall Jr.

    A judge set bail at $1,000, and Wall was released.

    Two days later, Taft, 29, was dead.

    Courts spokesman Ron Stuart said it is unlikely Pinellas Circuit Judge George Jirotka had a copy of the arrest affidavit before setting bail.

    Stuart said the charge against Wall, that he violated a temporary restraining order, was a misdemeanor. At a hearing after Wall's arrest, an assistant state attorney asked for bail of $2,500 and Wall's public defender asked for $500. Jirotka went with $1,000, Stuart said.

    "This is a very tragic thing, but I don't think anybody did anything wrong," Stuart said.

    Wall first came to the attention of authorities Feb. 5 when he emerged as a suspect in the death of his son within hours of the infant being flown by helicopter to All Children's Hospital.

    He was the only adult with the child on that day, and a CT scan showed the baby had swelling on the left side of his brain, leading a doctor at the hospital to suspect the child had been shaken or thrown, court documents state.

    Wall was videotaped saying he "was sorry that he did something to the baby," the documents state.

    He was not arrested.

    Taft showed the videotape to a Clearwater police officer. On Feb. 8, two days after the infant was taken off life support, Taft was granted the injunction against Wall.

    Wall filed a petition of his own because he wanted to attend his son's funeral Sunday at St. Dunstan's Anglican Church in Largo. His petition was denied. Wall drove to the church parking lot and was arrested.

    Clearwater police said Wednesday that they don't have enough evidence to decide whether to charge Wall in his son's death.

    Elizabeth Watts, the city's public safety spokeswoman, said it would have been premature to arrest him because the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office has not determined how the boy died.

    "That's why it's not a homicide," Watts said. "That's why it's called a death investigation."

    A preliminary examination showed trauma to the brain and fractured ribs, but the results of forensics tests on the child's brain and eyes are not in, court documents state. Watts said investigators don't expect them for a couple of weeks.

    In her petition for a temporary restraining order, Taft mentioned that something happened to her infant son while he was in Wall's care.

    In 1994, Wall was sentenced to 17 years in prison after he burst into a St. Petersburg home with a long-barreled handgun and told an elderly couple he wanted the keys to a Ford Taurus parked outside, court documents state.

    He was released two years ago after serving 14 years. On Wednesday, he was arrested in Sumter County after being found on State Road 44 in his vehicle.

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    Domestic Violence: Parental Alienation MUST BE excluded from all custody hearings; they are deadly -

     

    Comments are open, so please comment on this article from Capital Weekly, the newspaper of California Government and Politics.

    http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yn0preo6rdxdxf&xid=yn07qj15cqd9rl&done=.yn0preo6rehdxf

    Parental Alienation must be excluded from all custody hearings

    By Preston Thymes | 02/18/10 12:00 AM PST

    Parental Alienation is a perilous accusation that should never be recognized in courts or viewed as particularly compelling in cases deciding the custody of a child, especially when resolving profoundly difficult questions concerning the scary scenario of  placing that child back into the home of a domestic violence abuser.

    By definition, Parental Alienation is a “syndrome” that manifest in the process of divorce when a parent suffering from “deflated self-esteem” as “part of a normal grieving response to interpersonal loss” to “enforce their agenda” and “The alienating parent may or may not be consciously aware of manipulating the child and the legal/social systems. Alienating parents often believe that the accusations they make are true, but have developed those beliefs by a faulty reasoning process.”

    First, it is important to begin by evaluating the premise of Parental Alienation, which is not a recognized syndrome by the American Medical Association.

    Second, American Psychological Association has never issued a position on Parental Alienation.

    Third, nowhere in the vast database of the Harvard Medical School Countway Library stacks of the History of medicine and medical discoveries from the 16th–21st centuries, is there any information on Parental Alienation syndrome.

    Fourth, that may underline why vocal proponents of, Parental Alienation Syndrome such as Glenn Sacks is the Executive Director of Fathers and Families, are captious in their language stating, “Mental Health professionals have been making progress in increasing recognition of PA.” I am not entirely aware if the claim warranted by  The California Alliance for Families and Children who state “It is of our opinion that the way forward to address everyone’s concern is through better education on the issue,” is based on an awareness that such research is not possible through The Center for the History of Medicine Archives and Records Rare Books, Databases or Dictionaries at Harvard Medical School or Harvard School of Public Health?

    Admittedly, proponents of Parental Alienation find their support in precedent from not “preventing a court from considering evidence that a parent had deliberately engaged in tactics and behavior that intentionally estranges a childs bond with their other parent,” but that is where their view deviates from the often lengthy, brutal and inhumane violence that occurs right in front of a child’s eyes forced to witness a domestic violence relationship proceed night after night.

    Furthermore, many of their citations omit any specific objections to the use of Parental Alienation in a real-life situations where a victim is unable to obtain restraining order barring abusers from estranged loved one so the hope left is flee the danger.

    Arguments to the contrary stand in stark contrast not only to the history of California Protective Orders Laws, codes and statutes but also the evidentiary precedent, in which a victim “alienating” a child from a monster not as procedural posture, but as survival instincts that arises when violence is emanate.

    I struggle to understand how a “syndrome” that manifests in the process of divorce changes the fact that escaping domestic violence, even if by “alienation” merits relief no matter how it is arrived at.

    As the head of Public Relations for one of only two domestic violence survivors shelters on the Central Coast, here at Shelter Outreach Plus, we see the faces of the children wet from tears as a parent is forced to keep them out of school for a week, because the estranged parent showed up at the attendance office at the child’s elementary and tried to take them away.

    At Shelter Outreach plus, we render any claims of Parental Alienation  invalid, because as often the last hope for a women in crisis who has no idea if her abusers will turn the violence from her onto the children, we absolutely do everything we can keep that person away from those children be-it our legal advocates through restraining orders, our The Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) through hotel vouchers or one of our 2 secret facilities throughout the region to encourage “alienation” and foster hope.

    At Shelter Outreach Plus, we view Parental Alienation as less of “syndrome” in the mind a helpless child of more of a twisted form of  retribution in the twisted spirit of a domestic violence abuser.

    At Shelter Outreach Plus, we believe the California court system should look to establish every safeguard possible to avail a domestic violence victim a way to mend a broken heart and concurringly seek out emergency shelter without fear of facing Parental Alienation in a future custody case.

    We fully support AB 612, which is coming up vote in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to ban Parental Alienation Theory,  and we fully support Assembly Member Jim Beall, Jr. (AD 24th) as author of the Bill. His continuing efforts to give voice to the battered women who on their own, could never find the courage to articulate the desperation they felt as the moment they knew they had to take their children and disappear.

    Parental Alienation is at best, a deterrence that only diminishes whatever possible benefit that might be received from restoring the love that obliviously once was there in the home of a family by searching for justifications to delay a child’s removal from a terrifying situation.

    In closing, I strongly believe that such views, no matter how steadfastly held by proponents of Parental Alienation or how many times successfully cited to the Senate Judiciary Committee as preventing “various loyalty tests” by misguided supporters of Parental Alienation, only miss the story that each victim brings with them into their first night in an emergency shelter where their goal is in no way “alienating parent may or may not be consciously aware of manipulating the child and the legal/social systems,” but to avoid the scary scenario of  placing that child back into the home of a domestic violence abuser.

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    Father who killed his baby then killed the mother next day. -Woman Stabbed To Death Had Injunction Against Suspect-

    http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/2/17/woman_stabbed_to_death_had_injunction_against_suspect.html

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    PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- A victim in a fatal stabbing early Wednesday morning had gotten a ruling ordering her ex-boyfriend to stay away from her.

    Laura Taft, 29, reportedly moved to the Park Place Apartments in Clearwater, where she was killed, to get away from Craig Wall.

    Taft filed an injunction for protection against domestic violence. In it,  she talked about Wall's temper and said, "Craig has always said if I leave him he would kill me."

    She went on to say, "I fear for my life and my son's."

    Also in the court documents, when Taft was asked if Wall had a weapon, she said he had a knife.

    Taft also said Wall was alone with their 5-week-old baby before the baby died last week.

    Wall, 34, also allegedly tried to commit suicide the next day and wound up hospitalized.

    According to a search warrant, a Clearwater officer said Wall made a video apology for doing something to the baby.

    A detective found the video on a camera left by the baby's bassinet.

    Wall got out of the hospital after a few days, but tried getting permission from a judge to go to the baby's funeral.

    He wrote, "This is my son's funeral your honor. I will never get to do this again" and went on to say "It's my son. I didn't do anything to deserve this treatment, so may the court find some way to allow me to attend."

    The motion was denied.

    Wall was arrested Sunday when he allegedly violated the order by driving through the church parking lot as the funeral was taking place.

    He was out on bail for a little more than a day when police say he murdered Taft. He was later arrested in Sumter County, but is currently hospitalized. He was reportedly unresponsive when he was found.

    Taft leaves behind a boy, who will turn 6 years old this weekend.

    Her family was too upset to go on camera, but Taft's mother wanted everyone to know that she was an excellent mother.

    Information from Central Florida News 13's Bright House Networks affiliate Bay News 9 was used in this report.

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    17.2.10

    THE JUDGE AS BATTERER-Divorced From Justice-MOMMY GO BYE BYE

     

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    BATTERERS, BARRATRY, BEDLAM AND BOYCOTTS

    THE JUDGE AS BATTERER (NO WONDER THAT, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, WOMEN IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES EVERYWHERE ARE ON THE RUN, BOLTING WITH THEIR CHILDREN, IN A GLOBAL BACKLASH AGAINST BARRATRY AND A WORLDWIDE BOYCOTT OF THE BENCH): A SAMPLING OF 25 YEARS OF SUPPORTING LITERATURE [ Click book cover for an ever growing list of authorities on The Bedlam ]

    THE JUDGE AS BATTERER (NO WONDER MORE WOMEN IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES ARE ON THE RUN): A SAMPLING OF 25 YEARS OF SUPPORTING LITERATURE

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    70% of abductions are by mothers

    By Caroline Marcus

    SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

    March 4, 2007

    MOTHERS are responsible for seven out of 10 international parental child abductions, an Australian study has found. And the most common reason for the abduction is flight from an abusive relationship.

    The findings of the International Social Service Australia (ISS) report present a sharp contrast to the 1970s, when fathers were overwhelmingly the perpetrators of parental abductions.

    The key findings of the paper, titled Learning From The Links Between Domestic Violence And International Parental Child Abduction, were released to The Sun-Herald ahead of the report's publication later this month.

    The results revealed a huge cultural shift over the past three decades, ISS executive director Maria Brett said.

    "In the 1970s, it was a different time and a different environment, and we saw a lot of unhappy men wanting more contact with their children resorting to abduction," she said.

    "These days, there are more women in domestic violence cases abducting their children and taking them overseas."

    In the 1970s, fathers were responsible for 80 out of 99 cases analysed in a previous study drawn on by the report. The mother was the abductor in 18 of those cases.

    Yet in 1999 women made up 70 per cent of abductors in an analysis of 1080 applications under the 1980 Hague Convention, an international treaty set up to deal with child abductions.

    Men comprised 29 per cent of abductors and the remaining 1 per cent included abductors of both sexes - grandparents or another relative.

    In 78 per cent of cases, abducted children were younger than nine years old.

    This article can be found at:

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/national

    /70-of-abductions-are-by-mothers/2007/03/03/1172868811287.html#
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    THE JUDGE AS BATTERER

    A Sampling of 25 Years of Supporting Literature

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    “Each time that I appeared in court, the system reinforced his dominance over me by preserving his parental ‘rights’ without regard to my safety. I felt totally undermined by the court.” -P.W. in Justice Denied

    [ Chesler, 1991, 1986 ] MOTHERS ON TRIAL: THE BATTLE FOR CHILDREN AND CUSTODY. The book. Mothers were not rescued from individually violent men by policemen, social workers, lawyers, or other family members. Judges did not rescue mothers from violent men either. On the contrary, the (large number of) domestically violent fathers, including those who kidnapped their children, were not imprisoned, fined, or custodially punished. Of the 12 percent of the mothers who kidnapped their children (Table Two), 80 percent were imprisoned, fined, or custodially punished ... Sixty-two percent of the fathers used violence to win custody. They physically battered, psychologically terrorized, and physically ejected mothers from their homes; they kidnapped, and, with the help of mother competitors, brainwashed children ...

    [ Ducote, 1992 ] POST-SEPARATION FAMILY VIOLENCE RELIEF ACT. The legislation. The legislature further finds that the problems of family violence do not necessarily cease when the victimized family is legally separated or divorced. In fact, the violence often escalates, and child custody and visitation become the new forum for the continuation of the abuse. Because current laws relative to child custody and visitation are based on an assumption that even divorcing parents are in relatively equal positions of power, and that such parents act in the children’s best interest, these laws often work against the protection of the children and the abused spouse in families with a history of family violence. Consequently, laws designed to act in the children’s best interest may actually effect a contrary result due to the unique dynamics of family violence ...

    [ American Judges Association, 1996 ] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & THE COURTROOM. The article. Studies show that batterers have been able to convince authorities that the victim is unfit or undeserving of sole custody in approximately 70% of challenged cases ...

    [ United States Congress, 1997 ] SAFE HAVENS FOR CHILDREN ACT OF 1997 - FINDINGS. The bill.

    (1) Family violence does not necessarily cease when family victims are legally separated by divorce or otherwise not sharing a household.

    (2) According to a 1996 report by the American Psychological Association, custody and visitation disputes are more frequent when there is a history of domestic violence.

    (3) Family violence often escalates following separation and divorce, and child custody and visitation arrangements become the new forum for the continuation of abuse.

    (4) According to a 1996 report by the American Psychological Association, fathers who batter mothers are twice as likely [as non-violent men] to seek sole custody of their children. In these circumstances, if the abusive father loses custody he is more likely to continue the threats to the mother through other legal actions.

    (5) Some perpetrators of violence use the children as pawns to control the abused party and to commit more violence during separation or divorce. In one study, 34 percent of women in shelters and callers to hotlines reported threats of kidnapping, 11 percent reported that the batterer had kidnapped the child for some period, and 21 percent reported that threats of kidnapping forced the victim to return to the batterer.

    (6) Approximately 90 percent of children in homes in which their mothers are abused witness the abuse. Children who witness domestic violence may themselves become victims and exhibit more aggressive, antisocial, fearful, and inhibited behaviors. Such children display more anxiety, aggression and temperamental problems.

    (7) Women and children are at an elevated risk of violence during the process of separation or divorce.

    (8) Fifty to 70 percent of men who abuse their spouses or partners also abuse their children.

    (9) Up to 75 percent of all domestic assaults reported to law enforcement agencies were inflicted after the separation of the couple.

    (10) In one study of spousal homicide, over 1/2 of the male defendants were separated from their victims.

    (11) Seventy-three percent of battered women seeking emergency medical services do so after separation ...

    [ Supreme Court of Virginia, 2000 ] GENDER BIAS IN THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. The study. [There is also a]n apparent lack of recognition by judges in both Juvenile & Domestic Relations court and in Circuit Court of ... (ii) the abuser’s use of legal processes to continue to manipulate and control the family. In fact, many abusers appear to be manipulating the court. In such cases, it is not sufficient to look only at the context painted by the abuser; it is necessary to view the proceeding currently before the court in the light of the other proceedings involving the parties (e.g., where the abuser constantly sues the victim, harasses her attorney and others who help her, threatens witnesses, or uses child visitation, custody and support issues as an excuse to bring the family back into court many times a year.) ...

    [ Silverman, 2001 ] AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION - THE IMPACT OF FAMILY COURTS ON BATTERED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN IN CASES OF DISPUTED CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THE BATTERED MOTHERS’ TESTIMONY PROJECT. The paper.Family courts are frequently reported to promote the endangerment of battered mothers and their children through awarding child custody or unsupervised child visitation to batterers, even in cases involving batterers’ continuing abuse of the mother, and/or outstanding allegations of child abuse involving these men. Previous analyses of court records have documented biases against battered women by the Massachusetts Family and Probate Court in such cases. This systemic mistreatment of battered women and their children has received little attention relative to other DV issues, despite an expanding literature describing the risks to children from battering men. This presentation will review the goals and methodology of the Battered Mothers’ Testimony Project, a collaboration of public health researchers, battered women’s advocates and human rights workers to examine the impact of family court systems on the health, safety and well-being of battered women and their children in cases of disputed custody/visitation. Preliminary findings from semi-structured interviews with 50 battered mothers regarding (1) experiences of abuse against themselves and their children, both during the relationship and since separation; (2) whether and how the batterer has continued to intimidate/abuse her through family court litigation; (3) experiences with state actors of the family court system (e.g., judges, custody evaluators); and (4) other concerns regarding their treatment within the family court system (e.g., discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, and/or socioeconomic status) will be presented. Plans for dissemination of information, organizing and activism to reform state policies and practices based on these findings will also be discussed ...

    [ Supreme Court of Virginia, 2001 ] INFLUENCES ON JUDGES’ DECISIONS IN CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. The study. “Pages 4, 6, 7, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 53, 55, and 57 of thisSupreme Court of Virginia 2001 study are especially relevant to the current trend of awarding custody of children to fathers who are abusive, violent, and dangerously controlling men, narcissists, and sociopaths …” –VW

    [ Bancroft, 2002 ] THE BATTERER AS PARENT: ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON FAMILY DYNAMICS (CHAPTER FIVE). Impeding Recovery: The Batterer in Custody and Visitation. The book.Batterers win custody of their children with greater frequency [than] is generally realized. Although it is widely believed that family courts have a bias in favor of mothers, custody studies have demonstrated that since the 1970's, fathers have been at a marked advantage in custody disputes. There is a general reluctance among family courts in the U.S. and abroad to consider a man's battering as a reflection on his parenting or a factor in determining custody ...

    [ BMTP, 2004 ] BATTERED MOTHERS’ TESTIMONY PROJECT - Researchers Say Massachusetts Family Courts Fail to Protect Battered Women and Their Children; Study Applies Human Rights Analysis to Child Custody Cases Involving Domestic Violence. The analysis. “Battered mothers face a perilous irony,” said Silverman. “Authorities push these women to leave abusive men in order to protect their children. But women who can make this break then face family courts, another authority that often ignores this history of abuse as a threat to children’s safety and, perversely, concludes that women’s attempts to protect their children from these men actually demonstrate their own lack of fitness as mothers” ...

    [ Jaffe, 2005 ] JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN & THE COURTS - PARENTING ARRANGEMENTS AFTER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: SAFETY AS A PRIORITY IN JUDGING CHILDREN’S BEST INTEREST. The article. Perpetrators [of domestic violence] may use perpetual litigation as a form of ongoing control and harassment. The family court can inadvertently become a tool for batterers to continue their abusive behavior. Litigation exacts a high emotional and financial price for abused women already overwhelmed with the aftermath of a violent relationship ... Indicators that this misuse is occurring include an investment in custody and/or access that is out of keeping with a parent's previous involvement in child rearing ...

    [ Kiewra, 2005 ] HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH - HARVARD PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEW: MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. The article. The 40 women came from towns across Massachusetts and from all walks of life, yet their stories were the same -- shocking tales of battering and harassment at the hands of abusive ex-partners. Long after separation or divorce, the women said, their torment continued, aided and abetted by judges who gave unsupervised visitation and custody of their children to violent and controlling men …

    [ Legal Momentum, 2005 ] LEGAL MOMENTUM ADVANCING WOMEN’S RIGHTS - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD CUSTODY. The kit. In no other area of family law are battered women and their children inadvertently subjected to greater physical and emotional harm than in the child custody and visitation context. Battered women are often forced to participate in custody arrangements that require mediation, unsupervised custody and visitation, and other types of exchanges that leave them and their children vulnerable to continued abuse and control at the hands of their batterers. Women who try to protect themselves and their children by seeking sole custody or modifications in custody arrangements such as cessation of visitation, supervised visits, or who flee with their children are penalized by having custody taken away and given to their batterers. Despite the perception that mothers always win custody, when fathers contest custody, they win sole or joint custody in 40% to 70% of the cases. Indeed, even in cases where abuse is reported, a batterer is twice as likely to win custody over a non-abusive parent than in cases where no abuse is reported …

    [ Neustein & Lesher, 2005 ] FROM MADNESS TO MUTINY: WHY MOTHERS ARE RUNNING FROM THE FAMILY COURTS--AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. The book. "A groundbreaking new book that is perhaps the most highly readable scholarly work I’ve encountered in my 14 years in academia ... The very first to provide the historical and contextual chronology of this system’s steady decline into chaos and corruption over the past two decades. It is eminently accurate and rigorously documented -- a book that will hit scholars, professionals, and lay persons right between their eyes. This is the book that mothers have been waiting for ..." -Dr. "Mo" Hannah

    [ PBS, 2005 ] PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE - BREAKING THE SILENCE: CHILDREN'S STORIES. The documentary. One of the most effective ways an abusive father can inflict pain and declare his domination is to take custody of his children away from their mother. As Joan Meier, an attorney and professor of clinical law, explains, “To win custody of the kids over and against the mother’s will is the ultimate victory ... short of killing the kids.” While there may be a perception in society that the family court system has a maternal preference, statistics show that, in the past twenty years, fathers are more often being awarded custody. Furthermore, in family court cases where mothers allege battery, fathers are given custody two-thirds of the time ...

    [ Griffin, 2006 ] PROTECTIVE PARENT REFORM ACT (Conceived and Drafted by Richard Ducote, Esq.). The legislation. In the state of Maryland, courts have committed grave errors in cases in which molested children have sought protection from an abusive parent. By failing to follow basic rules of procedure and evidence – in essence, by failing to follow due process of law – these courts have often ignored compelling evidence of abuse and – conversely – have allowed hearsay and other inadmissible evidence presented by children’s attorneys, custody evaluators, mental health professionals, mediators, screeners, and other such persons traditionally participating in child custody and visitation cases to guide the court in their custody and visitation rulings. In so doing, courts have too often inadvertently and tragically placed children in the hands of their molesters. Thus, reform is required in the state of Maryland, by way of the Protective Parent Reform Act (“PPRA”). This act is meant to ensure that a parent who reasonably believes that his or her child is threatened by child abuse perpetrated or allowed by the other parent is not punished by a Maryland court, or penalized by loss of custody, or limitation of contact or visitation ...

    [ Hannah, 2007 ] FOURTH BATTERED MOTHERS CUSTODY CONFERENCE - TRUTH COMMISSION FINDINGS AND SOLUTIONS. The report. [T]here is a widespread problem of abusive parents being granted custody of children and protective parents, [primarily mothers], having their custody limited or denied, and/or being otherwise punished ... [O]nce abusers gain custody, they then isolate and estrange the children from the protective parents. Courts seldom punish the abusers or switch custody back to the protective parents ... The court system has failed to respond appropriately to domestic violence and child abuse cases involving custody. The Commission found many common errors made by the courts and the professionals they rely upon which contribute to these tragedies ... Sanctions against abusers and the courts must be used to prevent abusers from using legal tactics to continue their abuse through the courts ...

    [ Saunders & Oehme, 2007 ] VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION DECISIONS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES: LEGAL TRENDS, RISK FACTORS, AND SAFETY CONCERNS. The article. It may be hard to believe that an abusive partner can ever make good on his threat to gain custody of the children from his victim. After all, he has a history of violent behavior and she almost never does. Unfortunately, a surprising number of battered women lose custody of their children (e.g., Saccuzzo & Johnson, 2004). This document describes how this can happen through uninformed and biased courts, court staff, evaluators, and attorneys and how the very act of protecting ones' children can lead to their loss ...

    [ Bowen, 2008 / also Ruiz, 2008 ] VOICES OF WOMEN ORGANIZING PROJECT - REPORT: ABUSED WOMEN SEE DANGER IN FAMILY COURT. The articles.Susan Lob says it's simple: Good mothers should keep their children. But Lob, director of the New York-based Voices of Women Organizing Project, says that doesn't always happen in the New York family court system when it's women who have been abused by their children's fathers. Instead, in a report released today, Voices of Women says family courts retraumatize battered women by forcing them to confront men they fear and granting custody to abusers 37 percent of the time despite the women's roles as primary caregivers. "What struck us was the impossibility of women losing custody to the men who abused them," said Lob. "That just seemed unbelievable." The group laid out four recommendations … Authors issued specific suggestions for each of the four recommendations, including increasing accountability for judges by halving 10-year judicial appointments to five-year terms and seeing children in courtrooms at least once a year to ensure custody decisions are benefiting them …

    [ Meier, 2008 ] THE WASHINGTON POST - WHY THIS MOTHER WAS NOT HEARD. The editorial. Contrary to stereotypes, most divorcing mothers do not seek to deprive the children of their father. Most settle out of court. Only about 20 percent of cases become "contested custody litigation." It's not surprising that a large proportion of these "bitter custody disputes" involve violent or abusive fathers. It is time courts faced the truth: Custody litigants frequently have a history of abuse. Men who abuse their partners often pose a threat to their children. Most women seeking to restrict fathers' access to their children are doing so out of legitimate fear for their well-being. And too many children are delivered to dangerous fathers by family courts that prioritize fathers' "rights" over children's safety …

    [ NCJFCJ, 2008 ] NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES - A JUDICIAL GUIDE TO CHILD SAFETY IN CUSTODY CASES. The bench cards. This tool is designed to maximize a child’s safety as you determine issues of custody and visitation and can help you … This tool will also assist you in conducting a thoughtful exploration of the child’s safety risks when abusive behavior has been part of the family fabric. Sometimes, the parties may not articulate clearly either the abuse or the child’s safety risks during litigation. Indicators may be present that require you to explore the possibility that one parent is putting the other parent or the child at risk of abuse. Because the abused parent might not directly raise issues of physical abuse or other forms of control, you will want to be aware of indicators of abusive behaviors that may alter the dynamics of the litigation process. This tool will explore the various behaviors that you might encounter, both from the controlling and abusive parent, and from the controlled and abused parent. Organization of the Bench Tool: This supplemental guide and the attached bench cards follow your decision-making from the initial filing through drafting and enforcing the order. While much of the material is presented in procedural order, there are also bench cards and chapters devoted to topics and issues that can arise throughout litigation. The authors suggest that you first read the cards as an introduction to the topics addressed. This supplement, to which the cards are keyed, offers additional information and suggests further resources at the end of the guide, and in footnotes ...

    [ NOW, 2008 ] NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN - CRISIS FOR WOMEN IN FAMILY COURT: WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO FIGHT BACK. The brochure. There is a crisis for women and their children in many of the family law courts of this country. Affirmed by experts and skilled court watchers, the existence of this crisis is verified by women in every state who report injustice in their divorce and custody cases. This is true especially for battered mothers trying to protect their children from abusive fathers who aggressively litigate against them, using family courts to stalk, harass, punish, and impoverish their former partners and children. Some fathers are aided by friendly judges and court-appointed personnel …

    [ BWJP, 2009 ] BATTERED WOMEN’S JUSTICE PROJECT - DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING AND EXPLICATING THE CONTEXT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CUSTODY CASES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CUSTODY DETERMINATIONS. The project. BWJP has been invited to apply for a grant from the USDOJ Office on Violence Against Women for a demonstration project to develop a framework to guide custody and visitation decisions in cases involving domestic violence. Research on custody and visitation determinations provide troubling evidence that procedures currently in use in family courts often fail to identify, contextualize and account for the occurrence of domestic violence in these cases, and if identified, its presence seems not to consistently affect the court’s recommendations regarding custody or visitation arrangements … The desired outcome of this project is to provide family courts with a process by which the violence occurring in these families is made visible, its context and the related safety issues are more clearly understood, and as a result, its implications for custody and parenting plan arrangements can be taken into account more effectively to protect the emotional and physical well-being of the litigants and their children. The project will be funded for two years and is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2009 …

    [ Bancroft, 2009 ] CHILD CUSTODY JUSTICE (A TEN-PART TUTORIAL). The website. An abused woman can be vulnerable in family court if she comes in with unfounded expectations. Perhaps the most widespread myth is the belief that mothers are favored by courts in custody disputes, which stopped being true decades ago. It is true that for roughly the first half of the 1900's the "Tender Years Doctrine" was influential, and mothers had some advantage in gaining custody of young children. (Prior to about 1900, mothers had no rights regarding custody at all.) But in the 1970's the tide was turning back, for various reasons, and by the 1980's fathers were winning at least joint custody in a majority of the custody battles they undertook, and winning sole custody more often than mothers, a situation that remains today. And the fathers who are taking advantage of this imbalance are largely abusive ones; researchers have found that abusers are twice as likely as non-abusive men to seek custody …

    [ Eddy, 2009 ] HIGH CONFLICT INSTITUTE - HANDLING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW WAYS FOR FAMILIES. The institute. Domestic violence is an area of growing concern in family courts, as highlighted by the 2007 Wingspread Conference and Report sponsored by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). Differentiating among at least four different types of domestic violence is recognized as very important, yet in reality the adversarial court process often clouds these issues more than clarifies them … Historically, family law professionals have not recognized the significance of domestic violence risks in some cases and have exaggerated concerns in others. In the process, some partners and children have been seriously injured or killed, while other children have lost a meaningful relationship with one of their parents because of unnecessarily-restrictive parenting orders …

    [ Cuccinelli, 2010 ] OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA - CUT OUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: WHY DO VICTIMS STAY? The fact sheet. People often believe that victims of domestic violence will be safe if they just leave the batterer. But a battered person is not free to separate from an abuser at any time and there are many barriers to leaving. The biggest reason that a victim of domestic violence stays in an abusive relationship is fear. Victims believe, and the evidence has shown, that leaving is potentially the most deadly time … Barriers also may include: Fear that the children will be taken away – Batterers threaten that they will take the children (either legally or illegally) if the victim dares to leave the relationship …

    [ Hannah & Goldstein, 2010 ] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND CHILD CUSTODY: LEGAL STRATEGIES AND POLICY ISSUES. In press.

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    2007 TRUTH COMMISSION FINDINGS & SOLUTIONS / FOURTH BATTERED MOTHERS CUSTODY CONFERENCE, ALBANY, NY
    SPOUSAL VIOLENCE IN CUSTODY AND ACCESS DISPUTES: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM
    LEARNING FROM THE PROCESS OF DECISION: THE PARENTING PLAN
    CONFERENCE OF LEADING CHILD CUSTODY PRACTITIONERS RECOMMENDS MAJOR TRANSFORMATION OF COURTS . . .
    HIGH CONFLICT DIVORCE, VIOLENCE, AND ABUSE: IMPLICATIONS FOR CUSTODY AND VISITATION DECISIONS
    REFORMING THE SYSTEM TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN HIGH CONFLICT CUSTODY CASES
    CREATING JUSTICE THROUGH BALANCE: INTEGRATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW INTO FAMILY COURT PRACTICE
    A COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE MODEL FOR RESOLUTION OF PARENTING ISSUES
    HIGH-CONFLICT SEPARATION AND DIVORCE: OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
    MODEL CODE ON DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE / NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES
    CONNECTING WITH YOUR KIDS: IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON PARENTING TIME IN COLORADO
    CHILD CUSTODY LITIGATION: PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES AND PRACTICE PARAMETERS
    LET THE PEOPLE JUDGE THE JUDGES: REFORMING VIRGINIA'S JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS
    THE EMERGING PHENOMENON OF COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW (CFL): A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CFL CASES
    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HANDBOOK / FAIRFAX COUNTY NETWORK AGAINST FAMILY ABUSE
    EVALUATORS IN CHILD-CUSTODY CASES SCRUTINIZED
    MANAGING YOUR DIVORCE: A GUIDE FOR BATTERED WOMEN
    CHILD ACCESS AND VISITATION PROGRAMS: PROMISING PRACTICES
    THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND STREAMING OF CASES OF HIGH CONFLICT SEPARATION AND DIVORCE: A REVIEW
    MYTHS AND COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS THAT PLACE CHILDREN AT RISK DURING CUSTODY LITIGATION
    THE BATTERER AS PARENT
    CHILD CUSTODY & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A CALL FOR SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
    MAUL GOAL: PROTECTIVE PARENT REFORM ACTS
    MAUL GOAL: REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTIONS AGAINST CUSTODY FOR BATTERERS
    MAUL GOAL: MORATORIUM ON CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATIONS
    MAUL GOAL: ALI'S APPROXIMATION RULE
    SECRETS DIVORCE LAWYERS KEEP
    WEBSITES THAT INFORM
    BOOKS THAT EMPOWER
    FAMILY VIOLENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE / NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES
    PARENT-TIME GUIDELINES
    AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR LAWYERS AND JUDGES
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    THE WHITE HOUSE
    Office of the Press Secretary
    For Immediate Release
    8 May 2009
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    MOTHER'S DAY 2009
    A Presidential Proclamation

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