Resources
Articles
- The 25+ Most Positive & Hopeful Family Court Reform Moments of 2022, Custody Peace, December 31, 2022
- The Best Interests Of The Abuser: How the family court was captured by discredited concept designed to protect abusive men, consistently placing children's lives at risk. Grant Wyeth, November 14, 2022
- Colorado's parenting evaluation industry profits as bitter child custody cases thrown into chaos, The Gazette, Christopher Osher and Julia Cardi, October 6, 2022
- A Custody Evaluator Who Disbelieves 90% of Abuse Allegations Recommended a Teen Stay Under Her Abusive Father’s Control, ProPublica, Hannah Dreyfus, September 30, 2022
- She Said Her Husband Was Abusive. A Judge Took Away Her Kids and Ordered Her Arrest, ProPublica, Megan O'Matz, February 22, 2022
- Opinion: Maryland judges must be trained on child custody and abuse, The Washington Post, Annie Kenny, February 17, 2022
- Don’t shoot the messenger: Louise Tickle on the reaction to Channel 4 Dispatches, Family Law UK, Louise Tickle, September 24, 2021
- Complaining about a Family Court judge isn't safe - advocate, RNZ, Anusha Bradley, September 23, 2021
- Study links child abuse, neglect to early death in adulthood, ANI, September 21, 2021
- ‘Women are routinely discredited’: How courts fail mothers and children who have survived abuse, The Guardian with The Fuller Project, August 14, 2021
- How Australia’s Family Courts Are Failing Children, The Diplomat, Grant Wyeth, August 11, 2021
- The Movement Of Mothers: Over One Hundred Mothers Denounce the United States of America Before the United Nations, for Human Rights Violations, PRN Newswire, Custody Peace and One Mom's Battle, August 13, 2021
- Data reveals only 14 per cent of child sexual abuse claims before Family Court believed to be true by judges, ABC Australia, Helen Frost, August 8, 2021
- Torn Apart: Family Courts Uncovered: Dispatches, Channel 4, Louise Tickle, July 20, 2021
- 'This is not over': Gymnasts speak out, demand action after reported FBI failure in Nassar investigation, The IndyStar, Rashika Jaipuriar, July 15, 2021
- Inspector General Says F.B.I. Botched Nassar Abuse Investigation, The New York Times, Juliet Macur and Michael Levenson, July 14, 2021
- I’m An ER Pediatrician. The Hardest Part Of My Job Is What Happens In ‘Room 65.’, Huffpost, Nkeiruka Orajiaka, M.D., M.P.H., July 9, 2021
- Domestic abuse victims ‘silenced’ by family courts and forced into letting dangerous exes see children, warn campaigners, Independent, Maya Oppenheim, June 22, 2021
- Opinion: The stakes in domestic abuse cases are dire and often dangerous, The Washington Post, Editorial Board, June 13, 2021
- Filing seeks to release mother jailed for criticizing judge's order terminating parental rights, The Gazette, Christopher Osher, May 19, 2021
- How a difficult childhood makes it more likely you’ll have mental and physical health problems as an adult, The Conversation, Ziggi Ivan Santini, Bruce Perry, Michael Marmot, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Vibeke Jenny Koushede, April 23, 2021
- New research shows parents are major producers of child sexual abuse material, The Conversation, Michael Salter, February 19, 2021
- How The Family Court’s Purpose To Protect Children Became Inverted, Medium, Grant Wyeth, November 11, 2020
- Her Stepfather Admitted to Sexually Abusing Her. That Wasn’t Enough to Keep Her Safe. ProPublica, Nadia Sussman, September 18, 2020
- Holding Judges Accountable: The Teflon Robe, A Reuters Investigation (June - July 2020)
- PART 1 | OBJECTIONS OVERRULED Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench Reuters, Michael Berens and John Shiffman, June 30, 2020
- PART 2 | EMBOLDENED BY IMPUNITY With ‘judges judging judges,’ rogues on the bench have little to fear Reuters, Michael Berens and John Shiffman, July 9, 2020
- PART 3 | EXPLOITING THE BENCH The long quest to stop a ‘Sugar Daddy’ judge accused of preying on women Reuters, John Shiffman and Michael Berens, July 14, 2020
- She Said Her Husband Hit Her. She Lost Custody of Their Kids, The Marshall Project, Kathryn Joyce, July 8, 2020
- Awareness to Change for Child Sexual Abuse Materials, June 10, 2020
- The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? New York Times, Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, September 29, 2019
- Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way, New York Times, Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, November 9, 2019
- A Criminal Underworld of Child Abuse Part 1, NYT Daily, Michael Barbaro with Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, February 19, 2020
- A Criminal Underworld of Child Abuse Part 2, NYT Daily, Michael Barbaro with Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, February 20, 2020
- ‘We Had No Idea How Dark This Story Would Get’, NYT Daily, Michael Barbaro with Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, February 21, 2020
- House of Horrors Boy ‘Made the Ultimate Sacrifice’, The Daily Beast, Michael Daly, January 31, 2020
- Death by ACEs: When Will We Learn?, CPPA Blog, November 9, 2019
- NO MERCY: Tania Culver Humphrey says her father, Mercy Corps founder Ellsworth Culver, sexually abused her for years. Where was Mercy Corps?, The Oregonian, Noelle Crombie with Kale Williams and Beth Nakamura, October 8, 2019
- Fatal court: ‘The harm to children in the nation’s family courts has reached crisis proportions,' Deseret News, Gillian Friedman, September 17, 2019
- An Epidemic of Disbelief: What new research reveals about sexual predators, and why police fail to catch them, The Atlantic, Barbara Bradley Hagerty, August 2019
- ‘A gendered trap’: When mothers allege child abuse by fathers, the mothers often lose custody, study shows, The Washington Post, Samantha Schmidt, July 29, 2019
- In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine, Literary Hub, Rebecca Solnit, July 10, 2019
- How Brain Handles Trauma Could Explain a Lot About Sexual Abuse Survivor' Testimony, Newsweek, Shaili Jain, May 7, 2019
- Investigations of alleged misconduct by California judges fall short, audit finds, The Los Angeles Times, Maura Dolan, April 25, 2019
- The Startling Toll on Children Who Witness Domestic Violence is Just Now Being Understood, USA Today, Jayne O'Donnell and Mabinty Quarshie, January 29, 2019
- Perversion to Justice, Miami Herald, Julie K. Brown, November 29, 2018
- The Silence Breakers, Time Magazine Person of the Year 2017, Stephanie Zacharek, Eliana Dockterman, Haley Sweetland Edwards, December 18, 2017
- This is Survival, The Players' Tribune, Aly Raisman, December 7, 2017
- Anthony Edwards Writes About Sexual Molestation At Hand Of Gary Goddard, Deadline, Anita Busch, November 10, 2017
- From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories, The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow, October 10, 2017
- Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades, The New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, October 5, 2017
- Children at risk of psychological or physical abuse must not have contact with parent, judges told, The Times (UK), Frances Gibb, September 16, 2017
- 95 Percent of Homeless Youth Who Experienced Sex Trafficking Say They Were Maltreated as Children, The Chronicle of Social Change, Debra Schilling Wolfe, September 14, 2017
- An Exit Interview With Richard Posner, Judicial Provocateur, The New York Times, Adam Liptak, September 11, 2017
- Taken from mom, teen flees dad and waits for 18th birthday, Livingston Daily, Lisa Roose-Church, September 4, 2017
- Hanging: The Mysterious Case of the Boy in the Barn, The Mercury News, Julia Prodis Sulek, August - September 2017
- Two-Parent Households Can Be Lethal, The New York Times, Sara Shoener, June 21, 2017
- They were taken from their mom to rebond with their dad. It didn’t go well. The Washington Post Magazine, Cara Tabachnick, May 11, 2017
- How childhood stress can knock 20 years off your life: Heart disease, depression, life expectancy. New research claims that stress exerts a far heavier physical toll than previously understood. The film-maker James Redford talks about how toxic stress can be a killer, The Guardian, Paula Cocozza, April 29, 2017
- For New York Families in Custody Fights, a ‘Black Hole’ of Oversight, ProPublica, Joaquin Sapien, March 7, 2017
- California’s family court system places kids back in the hands of alleged abusers: Profiteering judges, lax oversight and sexism have set up a cottage industry that works against poor parents, Sacramento News & Review, Alistair Bland, January 26, 2017
- An Unbelievable Story of Rape, The Marshall Project, Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller, December 12, 2016
- Custody in Crisis: How Family Courts Nationwide Put Children in Danger, 100 Reporters, Laurie Udesky, December 1, 2016, Award winning article - Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter, Excellence in Journalism Awards for 2016-2017 for Investigative Reporting (print/online-small)
- A blind eye to sex abuse: How USA Gymnastics failed to report cases, Indy Star, Marisa Kwiatkowski, Mark Alesia and Tim Evans, August 4, 2016
- Does Mandated Reporting Keep Children Safe? Davis Enterprise, Connie Valentine, April 2013
- Custodians of Abuse, Massachusetts Failing Victims of DV, mass-dv-abuse.blogspot.com, Kristen Lombardi , June 17, 2011
- Church Allowed Abuse by Priests for Years, The Boston Globe, Globe Spotlight Team: reporters Matt Carroll, Sacha Pfeiffer, and Michael Rezendes; and editor Walter V. Robinson. It was written by Rezendes, January 6, 2002
- A Little Girl's Hell, New Times Los Angeles, Susan Goldsmith, July 22-28, 1999
Books
- Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives (INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE SERIES): Part of: Interpersonal Violence: The Practice (16 Books) by Emma Katz, July 29, 2022
- Challenging Parental Alienation: New Directions for Professionals and Parents edited by Jean Mercer, Margaret Drew (12/3/21)
- Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers, by Deborah Tuerkheimer (10/5/21)
- Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth by Angelina Jolie and Geraldine Van Bueren (10/5/21)
- What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry (4/27/21)
- Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber by Susan Fowler (2/18/2020)
- Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow (10/15/19)
- Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller (9/24/2019)
- She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey (9/10/2019)
- What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics by Rachael Denhollander (9/10/ 2019)
- No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder ( May 2019)
- The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris (2018)
- Beyond the Hostage Child: Towards Empowering Protective Parents
2nd Edition by Leora Rosen (2017)
- The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce Perry (2017)
- Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation: Winning in Family Court
by Toby G. Kleinman and Daniel Pollack (2017)
- Epidemic: America's Trade in Child Rape Kindle Edition
by Lori Handrahan, Ph.D. (2017)
- Journey to the Heart: 365-Day Guide to Thriving After Trauma
by Svava Brooks (2017)
- Surviving a Cyberstalker: How to Prevent and Survive Cyberabuse and Stalking
by Alexis Moore (2017)
- Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa (2016)
- 8 Ways to Create Their Fate: Protecting the Sexual Innocence of Children In Youth-Serving Organizations
by Diane Cranley (2015)
- Motherless America: Confronting Welfare's Fatherhood Custody Program
by Doreen Ludwig (2015)
- Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-First Century: Psychological, Forensic, Social and Political Implications
by Randy Noblitt and Pamela Perskin (2015)
- The Worst Interest of a Child
by Keith Harmon Snow (2015)
- Legal Abuse Syndrome: 8 Steps for Avoiding the Traumatic Stress Caused by the Justice System
by Karin Huffer (2013)
- Prosecuted But Not Silenced: Courtroom Reform for Sexually Abused Children
by Maralee McLean (2013)
- Criminal Decision
by investigative reporter Jill Kramer (2012)
- Praying Circles around Your Children
by Mark Batterson (2012)
- The Batterer As Parent 2: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics
by Lundy Bancroft (2011)
- Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody
by Phyllis Chesler (2011)
- Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life
by Evan Stark (2009)
- Domestic Violence, Abuse and Child Custody: Legal Strategies and Policy Issues
co-edited by Mo Therese Hannah and Barry Goldstein (2010)
- Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
(Recovery Classics Edition) by Charles Whitfield and Nuckols, Ph.D., Cardwell (2010)
- Straying Towards Truth: A Therapist's Personal Story and Professional Guide to Healing After Sexual Abuse
by MSW,LISW-CP, Karen E. Fennell (2009)
- Boundaries: When to Say Yes and How to Say No
by Henry Cloud and John Townsend (2008)
- The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 20th Anniversary Edition by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis (2008)
- The Women of CourtWatch: Reforming a Corrupt Family Court System
by Carole Ball Ford(2005)
- From Madness to Mutiny: Why Mothers Are Running from the Family Courts -- and What Can Be Done about It
by Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher (2005)
- Beginning to Heal (Revised Edition): A First Book for Men and Women Who Were Sexually Abused As Children
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis (2003)
- Bonshea: Making Light of the Dark
by Coral Anika Theill (2013)
- Laughter Calls Me: A Young Woman's Search for Truth Leads to a Courage Battle to Save Her Children
by Catherine Brown (2003)
- Let My Children Go: A Mother's Journal
by Wendy Titleman (2003)
- All But My Soul, Abuse Beyond Control
by Jeanne King, Ph.D. (2001)
- A Mother’s Nightmare-Incest, A Practical Legal Guide for Parents and Professionals
by John E. B. Myers (1997)
- Divorced From Justice: The Abuse of Women and Children by Divorce Lawyers and Judges
by Karen Winner (1996)
- Overcoming the Devastation of Legal Abuse Syndrome
by Karin Huffer (1995)
- Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child
by Laura Davis (1991)
Case Law
- Amicus Brief - New York 2019, regarding PAS/PA
- CA Law Libraries
- DV Leap
- Family Violence Appellate Project, FVAP
- Justia
- LexisNexis, subscription service
- Library of Congress, Law Library CA, includes links to Law School libraries
- Thomson Reuters Westlaw, subscription service
Documentaries
- Aly Raisman: From Darkness to Light
- Catch and Kill, The Podcast Tapes
- Allen v. Farrow
- Voices for Reform
- Leaving Neverland
- Home Truth
- What Doesn't Kill Me
- Invisible Scars
- No Way Out But One
- Paper Tigers
- Resilience
- The Mask You Live In
- Miss Representation
- Family Court Crisis: Our Children at Risk
- Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories
- Small Justice: Little Justice in America's Family Courts
Educational Videos
- UCI and CPPA Forward Together: Multidisciplinary Prospectives on Protecting Children from Abuse Full-day Conference, November 18, 2022
- Family Court Awareness Month Critical Conversations - October-November 2022
- Critical Conversation: Post Separation Abuse
- Critical Conversation: Reunification Camps Exposed!
- Critical Conversation: Protecting Children In Family Court Cases
- Critical Conversation: Black Women in Family Court Cases
- Allen v. Farrow Panel Series, Jane Doe Films with RAINN, Center for Judicial Excellence and National Family Violence Law Center at GW, hosted by California Protective Parents Association, One Mom's Battle, Moms Fight Back, and more.
- Allen v. Farrow Episode 1 Panel: Grooming + Child Protection, September 23
- Allen v. Farrow Episode 2 Panel: The Protective Parent's Dilemma, Jane Doe Films, September 30, 2021
- Allen v. Farrow Episode 3 Panel: Parental Alienation Syndrome & Family Courts, Jane Doe Films, October 7, 2021
- Allen v Farrow Episode 4 Panel: Long Term Effects of Abuse on Survivors, Jane Doe Films, October 21, 2021
- Torn Apart Family Courts Uncovered Dispatches, Channel 4, Louise Tickle, July 20, 2021
- Inside the fight to change the family court system after custody dispute tragedies, NBC Nightly News, May 14, 2021
- Parents say family courts too often ignore allegations of violence in custody disputes, NBC Nightly News, May 13, 2021
- Perspective on Change: Dr. Jennifer Freyd | 2018 Wharton People Analytics Conference: Addressing Sexual Harassment with Institutional Courage, May 9, 2018
- Dr. Nadine Burke Harris: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity, Commonwealth Club, March 27, 2018
- Treating Childhood Trauma, 60 Minutes with Oprah Winfrey, March 11, 2018
- Secrets of Family Court, ABC 10 Sacramento, October 26, 2017
- ACE Study co-founder, Vincent Felitti, Discusses what ACEs are and
How to Move Forward Innovation Hub Interview, July 13, 2017
- Former Superior Court Judge, Deann Salcido, Discusses Problems with Family Court Webcast interview by Victurus Libertas VL, July 12, 2017
- Unmasking the abuser | Dina McMillan | TEDxCanberra, March 11, 2016
- InBrief: The Science of Resilience Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University 2015
- Bias against Women Alleging Abuse in Family Courts, Joan Meier, March 25, 2014
- Nadine Burke Harris, TED Talk, How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime TEDMED 2014
- Children Lost in the System series by Fox 10, 2012-2013
- Margaret Heffernan TED Talk, Dare to Disagree, 2012
- Lost In System: Former Family Court Judge/Whistleblower Salcido, Studio 11 LA, 2012
Organizations Against Abuse
- ACEs Aware
- ACEs Connection
- Aces Too High
- Advocates for Child Empowerment and Safety
- Alienation Industry
- Changing Minds Now
- Child Abuse Solutions
- Courageous Kids
- Center for Institutional Courage
- Center for Judicial Excellence
- Center for Youth Wellness
- Darkness to Light
- Dr. Nina Burrowes
- DV Leap
- Educate 4 Change
- Erin’s Law
- Family Violence Appellate Project
- Futures without Violence
- Incest Survivors Speakers Bureau
- Judicial Disqualification Resource Center
- Love is Respect
- Lundy Bancroft
- Male Survivor
- Mothers Against Court Custody Abuser (MACCAbuse)
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- National Family Violence Law Center
- Number Story
- One Mom's Battle
- RAINN
- Safe & Sound
- Stop Abuse Campaign
- Stress-Health
- TAALK
- The Bystander Project
- The Joyful Heart Foundation
- The Leadership Council
- The Mama Bear Effect
- The Nurtured Parent
- USC Child Interviewing Lab
- 1in6
Podcasts
- Centering Children: Understanding Exposure to Domestic Violence for Children in the Justice System, Judges and Domestic Violence with Dr. Peter Jaffe and Dr. Linda Baker, September 9, 2021
- The Trap, Victorian Women's Trust, with Jess Hill, August 4 to September 15, 2021
- A Family Matter, The Nurse, June 8, 2021
- Allen v. Farrow, HBO Documentaries, March 17 to April 2, 2021
- Parents Who Make Allegations of Abuse in Child Contact Cases – Voice of the Child Podcast, Researching Reform with guest Joan Meier, June 10, 2020
- A Criminal Underworld of Child Abuse Part 1, NYT Daily, Michael Barbaro with Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, February 19, 2020
- A Criminal Underworld of Child Abuse Part 2, NYT Daily, Michael Barbaro with Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, February 20, 2020
- ‘We Had No Idea How Dark This Story Would Get’, NYT Daily, Michael Barbaro with Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, February 21, 2020
- Gender Bias and the Myth of Parental Alienation, One in Ten, January 5, 2020
- Professor Joan Meier discusses her shocking and needed research with the National Children's Alliance
- Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow, Pineapple Street Studios & Ronan Farrow, Introduced November 22, 2019
- California Protective Parents Association: Educating and Advocating for Children, 3 Women 3 Ways, November 9, 2019
- CPPA's Catherine Campbell talks with Heather Stark to discuss CPPA's work to help shift that culture that dismisses family abuse, how CPPA works to bring change and how others can work to bring change for their own states.
- The Long Arm of Childhood Trauma, Road to Resilience, Mount Sinai, April 24, 2019
- This excellent podcast has Saturday Night Live veteran Darrell Hammond, filmmaker Michelle Esrick, and Mount Sinai psychologist Jacob Ham, PhD, discussing childhood trauma and healing.
- Bitter Custody Reveal from the Center of Investigative Reporting with PRX, March 9, 2019, produced by Trey Bundy, reported by Bundy and Whitney Clegg
- This podcast was years of research to help bring a clear understanding of how abuse is being dismissed in family courts, what is used against the protective parent as a tactic to gain custody for the abusive parent and what research is showing to be the truth.
- Anatomy of Doubt, This America Life, Ira Glass, Ken Armstrong, Robyn Simien (in collaboration with The Marshall Project and ProPublica, story by Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller), February 26, 2016
