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Family court judges abuse their power. They give child custody to males that request it. It doesn't matter if they're abusive, married to the mother, a citizen or the biological father. Another Pennsylvania mother tried to protect her children from their abusive father. She went into hiding with her two little girls. One of her children was also not her ex-husband's biological child. Family court judges do not rule in a child's best interests. Patriarchy dominates family court. Children are considered male property. Family court judges endanger children and face no consequences. Their opinion is what matters.

Attorneys go along to get along. It doesn't matter if you're paying their fees. It doesn't matter if you're not paying them. New laws and training programs won't make a difference. Facts and evidence don't matter. Psychological exams won't make a difference. Family court judges seal records. They enable men to abuse children. Family court judges know what they're doing. The appearance of bias should warrant recusal. Family court judges falsely deem loving mothers unfit. It doesn't matter if they're the child's primary attachment. Women have no enforceable rights in family court. They are often left penniless and homeless. Women are powerless to protect their children. Mothers have their children taken. Women and children have no protection in family court. They are left helpless and hopeless. Sara is fighting this horror! She is exposing the reality of what is happening in family court. Nicole's outrage is beyond justified! Her support is incredibly helpful. Shining a spotlight on this family court judge was needed. Women must continue to unite and fight for a new system. Family court judges must lose their power. A jury would give women and children a chance at justice. Family court must end.

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Perfect synopsis again, Ms Booth. Shared to groups and Twitter.

" They are often left penniless and homeless. Women are powerless to protect their children. Mothers have their children taken. Women and children have no protection in family court. They are left helpless and hopeless. " = FOR LIFETIMES. S A M E as the HOLOCAUST AGAINST WOMEN of The Burning Times = generation after entire generation after whole lifetimes of generations wake up E V E R Y morning IN F E A R of LOSING A L L of the CHILDREN WHOM the MAMAS A L O N E grew IN to their FIRST SELVES and then nurtured and protected. = PATRIARCHY. STILL. INSIDE T H I S ONE = the 21st Century.

Doc

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.ALMOST..ALMOST..ALMOST. incredible.

YET. N O T. ... ... NOT incredible.

HOW MANY MAMAS WORLDWIDE

wake up e v e r y morning TO

such fucking threats ? Morning after morning ?

throughout their entire lifetimes ?

SA M E as ... ... The Burning Times ... ... FOR WOMEN.

Doc, Uppity and MISbehaved

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This is a prime example of how the court system gives custody to abusive men, whether a biological parent or not. The ruling that forced the children to visit their paternal grandfather, in spite of the fact he's not the biological grandfather of one of them, goes against civil rights. What are those law there for if they aren't going to be followed?

It's paternalism and misogyny along with a lack of clearly defined childrens' rights.

Kudos to this brave young woman who took on that judge. She's paying the price so hopefully this won't happen to other mothers and their children. Bless her and her children's souls.

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I do not see my child. Dad is a wealthy doctor who lives next to the judge. In Bristol, Tennessee

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Nearly the same here for me, Ms Lawson: X is a wealthy physician, ON to his Next Cunt right away, has " purchased the affections " of MY three Boys to the point of severe Stockholming and ALSO, till she died ( MY own father was already IN the ground ), was to BE ... ... AT HER BEHEST, MY OWN MOTHER's " Retirement Plan " for herself. SO she, too, was OUT of my life for good / for 11 years' time since my losing my Boys and her suckingupness to X.

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Children are hurt when family members become complicit with the abuser. Rifts with family members are usually at the root. This self-serving retaliation must stop. Women are emotionally, physically and financially exhausted. They are trying their best to protect their children and to survive. Mothers have had heart attacks from this added stress. Doctors alert them to the impact toxic stress has on their health. Mothers have been forced to cut toxic family members from their lives. Children do not need to be exploited by vengeful family members. Mothers and children need support.

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Absolutely nothing is going to change until children are given access to real and legitimate justice and to “be heard in a real court with the right to a jury, where judges do not have the power to jail mothers and endanger our children”.

The #metoo movement will continue to grow with new victims of all ages, genders, backgrounds, ethnicities and social standing, the #manvbear will also grow, creating a chasm between abusive men and normal non abusive men, as society continues to battle the social terrorism of deeply entrenched misogyny.

Ordering a child to live with an abuser is no less a denial of liberty than a criminal charge, where juries are required to ensure that the evidence is seen fully by objective and unconnected strangers, who can make the decision to remove the accused’s freedom.

When children lose their right to a fair trial in family courts, often because these courts do not considered them old enough to decide where they feel is the safest environment for them to live for themselves, yet these same kids can be held accountable for crimes, committed, under Gillick, because they are legally old enough “to know better” when it comes to their decisions that lead to them offending, shows how backwards the justice system’s around the world really are.

As a mother who has not only lost custody of my child, but the majority of the equity in my house, which I bought before I met my violent and abusive husband, a father who spent our child’s entire life screaming at me that he was getting sole custody and 100% of the equity in my house from when our child was four days old, who gained sole custody without a single piece of verified evidence, because he created the evidence he used over our child’s life, planting evidence and manipulating professionals into believing that he was genuinely concerned that I was mentally disturbed and abusing our child, the family court has assisted him to devastate our child’s life and mine.

I lost my 28yr career in criminal justice because of his allegations, lost family and friends, but worse I lost my mental and physical health, because my extremely robust evidence which included evidence of me asking permission from my DH to use the toilet I not only bought before I met him but installed before he even moved in was disregarded by the family court.

I’m now writing a book about it all and I expect to go to prison for contempt of court because I’m silenced by the family court in my country (UK).

I also expect my imprisonment to blow social media up and my book to go viral, which will no doubt become illegal to read/share… and no longer available on amazon etc, because I welcome prison if it means that my incarceration is part of the sea change of justice for children and survivors of abusive men, protected by the system because they’re heralded as being hero’s in court simply because they are fighting for custody.

But here’s the kicker, they’re not fighting for custody, they’re actually fighting for their freedom, they’re fighting to be vindicated by society, that they’re not the abusive scum they deep down know they are, because they know what they’ve done is illegal and they don’t want to be exposed for their crimes, so they fight for custody to show that they’re not like those deadbeat dads, they’re amazing dads, Gods among men because they’ve stuck around.

They’ve stuck around because they know they’re going to prison for abuse, violence, SA, CSA or grape if they can’t pass the buck, and distract society from their crimes, while blaming the victims for the unchallenged behaviours of angry men.

For too many of us, social media is our only hope to protect our children from the Hell their father’s subject them to.

Children and survivors of male familial abuse need jury trial’s, because they are survivors of CRIMINAL offences, that should go through the criminal courts first, before the family courts can even consider custody of the children.

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Absolutely nothing is going to change until children are given access to real and legitimate justice and to “be heard in a real court with the right to a jury, where judges do not have the power to jail mothers and endanger our children”.

The #metoo movement will continue to grow with new victims of all ages, genders, backgrounds, ethnicities and social standing, the #manvbear will also grow, creating a chasm between abusive men and normal non abusive men, as society continues to battle the social terrorism of deeply entrenched misogyny.

Ordering a child to live with an abuser is no less a denial of liberty than a criminal charge, where juries are required to ensure that the evidence is seen fully by objective and unconnected strangers, who can make the decision to remove the accused’s freedom.

When children lose their right to a fair trial in family courts, often because these courts do not considered them old enough to decide where they feel is the safest environment for them to live for themselves, yet these same kids can be held accountable for crimes, committed, under Gillick, because they are legally old enough “to know better” when it comes to their decisions that lead to them offending, shows how backwards the justice system’s around the world really are.

As a mother who has not only lost custody of my child, but the majority of the equity in my house, which I bought before I met my violent and abusive husband, a father who spent our child’s entire life screaming at me that he was getting sole custody and 100% of the equity in my house from when our child was four days old, who gained sole custody without a single piece of verified evidence, because he created the evidence he used over our child’s life, planting evidence and manipulating professionals into believing that he was genuinely concerned that I was mentally disturbed and abusing our child, the family court has assisted him to devastate our child’s life and mine.

I lost my 28yr career in criminal justice because of his allegations, lost family and friends, but worse I lost my mental and physical health, because my extremely robust evidence which included evidence of me asking permission from my DH to use the toilet I not only bought before I met him but installed before he even moved in was disregarded by the family court.

I’m now writing a book about it all and I expect to go to prison for contempt of court because I’m silenced by the family court in my country (UK).

I also expect my imprisonment to blow social media up and my book to go viral, which will no doubt become illegal to read/share… and no longer available on amazon etc, because I welcome prison if it means that my incarceration is part of the sea change of justice for children and survivors of abusive men, protected by the system because they’re heralded as being hero’s in court simply because they are fighting for custody.

But here’s the kicker, they’re not fighting for custody, they’re actually fighting for their freedom, they’re fighting to be vindicated by society, that they’re not the abusive scum they deep down know they are, because they know what they’ve done is illegal and they don’t want to be exposed for their crimes, so they fight for custody to show that they’re not like those deadbeat dads, they’re amazing dads, Gods among men because they’ve stuck around.

They’ve stuck around because they know they’re going to prison for abuse, violence, SA, CSA or grape if they can’t pass the buck, and distract society from their crimes, while blaming the victims for the unchallenged behaviours of angry men.

For too many of us, social media is our only hope to protect our children from the Hell their father’s subject them to.

Children and survivors of male familial abuse need jury trial’s, because they are survivors of CRIMINAL offences, that should go through the criminal courts first, before the family courts can even consider custody of the children.

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It's Rome conquering the world.

Read about how women had absolutely no rights in Roman rule.

You can see that all rights are being taken away from women.

It is a fact that the Catholic Church started Islam and look how their women are treated.

Look at how they make nuns dress and compare them to Muslim women dress.

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ALL religions and adherent - religionists = T H E Patriarchy.

FOR ~12,000 years' time.

Thank YOU, Ms Anderson, FOR acknowledging and for posting this.

CUZ ALL of the World's WOMEN N E E D to STOP.STOP.STOP. sucking up to T H I S =

= to T H I S ... ... OF MEN'S DETERMINED CONTROL / POWER for a DOZEN Millennia or so.

RELIGION is an I N S U L T not only TO ALL WOMEN but ALSO TO ANY OF US ... ...

OF SCIENCE, It is LYING. TO CHILDREN and TO the R E S T of US ALL.

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What its wrong with some Judges? how the prosecutors and all the people around allow this happened? How we, the victims can trust in the system and justice? How we, the moms teach our children to trust in the system?

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We need this in indiana ASAP

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This is DEPLORABLE! This shitshow really needs to be shut down..

#RICO ##CrimesAgainsHumanity #VAWC #PunishedForProtecting #PivotToThePerpetrator #EndAllImmunities

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Would love to be involved in the Colorado case if/when it happens. Same 💩 here!

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Is there a website or a live document that women can use to help their case? It's very overwhelming when you don't have an attorney but you are angry enough to figure out how to file motions and petitions against the court. Something I found to be missing was basic format sheets that I could use--put in the parties and info for my specific case, case law if that wasn't included etc.

My daughter was adopted in 2016 so there's nothing I can do now about my case but I'm heavily involved in cases across my state and advocating for those going through it that I can help or guide.

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that's an incredible abuse of power, wow

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My daughter was jailed during custody battle in Gainesville Ga. Now she is my angel. RIP my sweet angel

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After a search on Pacer for this civil lawsuit, legal experts concluded that this case was in fact dismissed, so it's not clear why it is reported here as a case that is moving forward? Let's make sure that we don't give Protective Mothers false hope regarding these attempts to sue in Federal Court and have them spin their wheels and retraumatize themselves trying to take on certain "professionals" in the Family Court system, especially when they still have active cases: judicial retaliation is very real as you can see and the consequences can be excruciating.

Bringing Civil Rights claims related to Family Court cases in Federal Court is pretty much impossible. It's the State Courts that primarily handle domestic issues, whereas Federal Courts dismiss just about all these cases due to doctrines like "Rooker-Feldman," which prevents federal review of State Court decisions, and the "Younger abstention," which bars federal intervention in ongoing state proceedings. Also remember this thing called: judicial immunity.

That doesn't mean Protective Mothers cannot file complaints against court professionals and sue individuals in their cases. In fact, it can be quite successful if you know what you're doing. If you are a Protective Mom and you want to proceed in this direction make sure you fully inform yourself of who you can sue successfully, how, when and what the various potential risks can be.

Praying for Divine Intervention for you and your children Sara! You are a very brave Protective Mother! Kudos to you for fighting back!!!

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Both Sara and her friend are saying the lawsuit is proceeding so they should know.

And, as the title says, the article focuses on how a judge is retaliating against a mom for filing a lawsuit, which should not give false hope to mothers that will necessarily help them. It’s just one way mothers can get the truth on the record for the public as to the injustices being done to them, which may or may not help.

The Women’s Coalition has made it crystal clear that the only thing that will give mothers the power to keep and protect their children is to get cases out of Family Court and into a real court with a jury. Neither federal nor state lawsuits are the answer.

The thing that is actually giving mothers false hope and spinning their wheels is the promoting of child safety laws and training as the solution to the crisis, along with PA and Reunification laws, none of which will make any difference.

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OK, I truly hope so! Because there is no order visible on Pacer. Usually that means the suit is not going anywhere (at least from the zillions of suits my team and I have tracked over the last decade). Obviously it would be absolutely fantastic if it moves forward! Please keep us all posted and I'll also keep checking in on Pacer. We need MIRACLES!

I agree that a complaint is an excellent way to expose the shenanigans occurring in the Family Court and who the players are perpetrating the crimes against the Protective Moms and their children. But I believe it should not come at the expense of getting jailed, or any other judicial retaliation, as this usually has far reaching unfortunate consequences for the moms and their kids.

To say that "neither federal nor state lawsuits are the answer" is incorrect. My team has been able to return children to their Protective Moms, caused Protective Moms to hold on to their children, and have gotten abusers to relinquish their parental rights through such legal proceedings.

Fyi, my team is not promoting any "child safety laws and training as the solution to the crisis, along with PA and Reunification laws." We are not a "reform org." We are actively rescuing one child at a time (and with that their moms of course) through legal proceedings with out-of-the-box strategies.

The reason I'm posting an answer here is because I am concerned about Protective Moms filing suits that can aggravate their situation and that of their children, instead of improving them. We all can only take so much pain and suffering as it is...

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Would you mind sharing any of your legal proceeding methods that are out of the box strategies?

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