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Crisis In The Custody Court System
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On XXBN, a show with Barry Goldstein focusing on the crisis in the custody court system which has resulted in thousands of children being sent to live with abusers. Attorney, author, speaker and instructor Barry Goldstein discusses the pattern of domestic violence and child abuse cases that result in children being sent to live with abusers. You can listen to the archived show here, or click here to download the podcast.
In case you need some evidence that this isn't the "story" of moms who "didn't get their way"...
There is sufficiently strong evidence that battering is harmful to children living in violent households, a finding that should influence court decisions favoring 'the best interests of the children.' Unfortunately, parental vs. children's rights is an issue still being argued in the courts.
[Violence and Sexual Abuse at Home: Current Issues in Spousal Battering and Child Maltreatment, R. Geffner, S.B. Sorenson and P. K. Lundberg-Love, Editors, Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, New York, NY, 1997;Mildred Daley Pagelow, Battered Women: A Historical Research Review and Some Common Myths, p.109]
Some abusers use the courts to continue their control over their ex-wives and children by taking advantage of the current trend of courts favoring joint custody or granting sole custody to fathers. Women usually are the primary caretakers of children before and after divorce, and they have profound fears of losing custody, whereas the batterer has little to lose by using custody as a bargaining and power tactic.
[Liss & Stahly, 1993; Marks, 1988; Pagelow, 1992). Mildred Daley Pagelow, Battered Women A Historical Research Review and Some Common Myths, p.107] .
This info and more at Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis.
In case you need some evidence that this isn't the "story" of moms who "didn't get their way"...
There is sufficiently strong evidence that battering is harmful to children living in violent households, a finding that should influence court decisions favoring 'the best interests of the children.' Unfortunately, parental vs. children's rights is an issue still being argued in the courts.
[Violence and Sexual Abuse at Home: Current Issues in Spousal Battering and Child Maltreatment, R. Geffner, S.B. Sorenson and P. K. Lundberg-Love, Editors, Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, New York, NY, 1997;Mildred Daley Pagelow, Battered Women: A Historical Research Review and Some Common Myths, p.109]
Some abusers use the courts to continue their control over their ex-wives and children by taking advantage of the current trend of courts favoring joint custody or granting sole custody to fathers. Women usually are the primary caretakers of children before and after divorce, and they have profound fears of losing custody, whereas the batterer has little to lose by using custody as a bargaining and power tactic.
[Liss & Stahly, 1993; Marks, 1988; Pagelow, 1992). Mildred Daley Pagelow, Battered Women A Historical Research Review and Some Common Myths, p.107] .
This info and more at Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis.
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