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Upon studying the personal records and interviewing the patients who left, Dr. Vincent Felitti came to understand that rather than a problem, the patients had viewed their excessive weight as a protective factor.
Dirty Little Secret: Courts Ignore Most Dangerous Risk
Courts cannot save children if they are unaware that standard court practices routinely place children in jeopardy.
Good Advice for Conronavirus and for Judges
Most family court custody cases are settled amicably. It’s only about 3.8% of cases that require trial and often much more.
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges seeks to teach other judges about the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Research and the Saunders Study.
Most people, including court professionals are not aware that custody courts routinely mishandle domestic violence (DV) cases.
One of the best decisions I ever made occurred at the start of my work in the domestic violence movement.
Family courts got off to an unfortunate start in the 1970s when domestic violence (DV) became a public issue but virtually no research was available.
Just as custody courts developed responses for domestic violence at a time when no research was available, early proponents of shared parenting sought to experiment when there was no research about shared parenting.
The Vastly Different Response in Family Court and in Life
The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) research is a group of studies sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control that establish that children exposed to domestic violence, child abuse and other traumas will suffer more injuries and illnesses throughout their lives and have shorter life expectancies.
Every day I hear horrific stories of courts using deeply flawed and outdated practices that ruin the lives of protective mothers and their children.
Custody courts cannot protect children when they permit a biased theory designed to help abusive fathers take custody from good mothers...
The Only Outcome Family Courts Will Consider
So how can the custody court system allow a sexist theory concocted not from any research but...
Family courts have a long history of focusing their attention on reunifying families.
No Big Deal in Our Country Domestic Violence, Rape and Sexual Assault
In 2017, I wrote letters to two leading judicial organizations. In the letters I put together all the recent research and media investigations.
ACE has the ability to change the discussion in court that badly needs to be changed.
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