As an attorney, I was trained by psychologist Joan Kelly in parent-coordination. Parent Coordinators or "Special Masters" are attorneys or therapists who are specially trained to aid the court in dealing with high-conflict cases involving children. Parent Coordinators can be appointed by the court or they can be agreed to by the parties. It has [...]
I was at the county library the other day and ran across a book by actor Alec Baldwin about his experience with the family court system. It's always interesting to read the different perspective people bring to their experiences with the family court system, and I frankly felt sympathetic toward him after reading it. What [...]
FAMILY CODE TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD CHAPTER 261. INVESTIGATION OF REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 261.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions by a person: (A) mental or emotional [...]
Alongside the horrifying scourge of domestic violence comes the left hand of domestic violence: the false claims. Along with false claims come the reality that people with their own agenda will state "facts" which are not in fact true, in their zeal to promote their agenda. The truth be damned. Notably, in 2011 the Attorney [...]
Violence against women continues to be figure prominently in family law cases in the state of California as well as all other states. "Domestic Violence Homicides According to the California Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Statistics Center3, there were 113domestic violence fatalities in 2008 (the most recent year for which data is available). These accounted [...]
You may find the full article from which this excerpt is drawn on westlaw: "The existence of alienation is not equivalent to a denial of child abuse or intimate partner violence. What is concerning is that the feminist advocates who, in the name of helping women, deny that alienation exists, do a great disservice to [...]
Although the original proponent of Parental Alienation Syndrome, Richard Gardner, formulated the opinion that women were primarily the instigators of parental alienation and men the targets of the same, I do not believe I have seen sufficient evidence to regard that as true. In fact, my experience has been that men are just as likely [...]
Parental Alienation Is Open Heart Surgery: It Needs More than a Bandaid To Fix It, 34 Cal.W.L.Rev. 567 (1998). This Comment specifically discusses parental alienation, a process by which one parent consciously tries to divide the child, to pry the child loose *568 from involvement with the other parent. Section one deals with statistics of [...]
J.F. v. L.F., 181 Misc.2d 722, 694 N.Y.S.2d 592, 1999 N.Y. Slip Op. 99408 (N.Y.Fam.Ct. Jun 25, 1999) "Thus, in light of the totality of the circumstances, the Court has concluded that the best interests of these children are served by awarding custody to the father. The Court acts with a weighty awareness of the gravity of [...]
Because of the unique characteristics of American law, which is an adversarial model in which both sides present arguments and evidence favorable to their position (rather than presenting arguments which favor the truth, whether bad or good for the client) it is no secret that anything involving the legal system and attorneys faces significant challenges [...]
