October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be aware of abuse every month of the year. California NOW recognizes that there is a crisis in the family courts. It has had hundreds of complaints from mothers whose divorce, custody and child support cases denied them their right to due process and failed to consider the best interests of the child. As an advocate for domestic violence victims, I have heard story after story, from mostly women victims (some men also) in what is called the Sociopathic Style Relationship (www.sociopathicstyle.com), where their partner’s sole purpose is to “win” at all costs.
Unfortunately, for the victims of abuse, during custody and divorce, some family court judges, who buy into a pseudoscientific psychological theory called Parental Alienation Syndrome, collude with the perpetrator and harm the children by giving custody and visitation to the perpetrator. Family courts are to safeguard the victim but fail in many cases.
COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: A crisis in family courts (Opinion)
Kathie Mathis
Glendale News Press
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be aware of abuse every month of the year. California NOW recognizes that there is a crisis in the family courts. It has had hundreds of complaints from mothers whose divorce, custody and child support cases denied them their right to due process and failed to consider the best interests of the child. As an advocate for domestic violence victims, I have heard story after story, from mostly women victims (some men also) in what is called the Sociopathic Style Relationship ( www.sociopathicstyle.com), where their partner’s sole purpose is to “win” at all costs.
Unfortunately, for the victims of abuse, during custody and divorce, some family court judges, who buy into a pseudoscientific psychological theory called Parental Alienation Syndrome, collude with the perpetrator and harm the children by giving custody and visitation to the perpetrator. Family courts are to safeguard the victim but fail in many cases.
Source: http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2009/10/30/opinion/community_commentaries/gnp-comment103009.txt