Books  +  Articles

Custody Articles

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Child Custody Evaluators' Beliefs About Domestic Abuse Allegations - Saunders, Faller, and Tolman

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Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Parental Alienation and Abuse Allegations - Meier et al.

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A Guide to Child Custody Issues - Amanda Kippert 

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She Said Her Husband Was Abusive. A Judge Took Away Her Kids and Ordered Her Arrest. — ProPublica

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Opinion | Maryland judges must be trained on child custody and abuse - The Washington Post

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Domestic abuse victims ‘silenced’ by family courts and forced into letting dangerous exes see children, warn campaigners | The Independent

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How reporting domestic violence works against women in family court. | The Marshall Project

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When mothers allege child abuse by fathers, the mothers often lose custody, study shows - The Washington Post

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Taken from mom, teen flees dad and waits for 18th birthday (livingstondaily.com)

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Opinion | Domestic Violence and Two-Parent Households - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

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Family Court + Law

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Media

Books

Challenging Parental Alienation: New Directions for Professionals and Parents edited by Jean Mercer, Margaret Drew (12/3/21

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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)
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Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child by Laura Davis (1991)