Family Courts

The violation of Civil Rights in Family Courts and throughout the Juvenile Justice system are a common place event as the divorce industry has become a cottage industry of professionals who can sell their services in life and death decisions that can be bought and sold.

The ability of the Family Court system to legally suspend civil rights in the “best interst “ of the child opens the portal to judicial misconduct and abuse of power. This abuse of power, common place in the courts where children have no voice, no power – they do not vote – and no control, can and does result in children  being bought and sold in the courts.

Judges have unlimited power over life and death decisions, yet they do not possess the expertise to know what they are observing.

Issues of Domestic Violence, Child Abuse – physical, emotional, sexual are all part of the daily agenda of the courts and as such, that which is horrifying can become common place to judges who see an endless parade of human tragedy and therefore lose the capacity for empathy, sympathy and basic human kindness.

In many cases those who take the bench are no more than political appointees, with no training and experience to partake in rendering decisions that will impart unimaginable suffering.

Threats and Intimidation – Abuse of Power

The adjudication of justice, maintaining peace and social order is not synonymous with bullying, abuse of power, threats and intimidation.

The threat of losing children, through custody transfer, having children placed in foster care,  or worse, having custody terminated and losing children forever – having them adopted is a trauma of unimaginable proportions. The threat to parents who do not cooperate with court orders that place their children in clear and present danger  is the transfer of custody or similar remedies.

The veil of secrecy that surrounds Family Court, Expert Reports, legal consultation and the seemingly back alley deals that “go down” between the prosecutor and “your “ lawyer are a matter of mystery and secrecy, sanctioned by the courts.

Children – and Judicial Abuse of Power/Ignorance of
child Development

Have None of these people ever seen Art Linkliter –“kids say the darnedest things”

Children are told to come forward to speak of abuse and when they do they are told that they lie, they are bad, they are “brain washed” they are “influenced”. Therapists who empower children to speak of their experience are accused, without exploration of the circumstances or techniques used to conduct the interview, of undue influence or unprofessional behavior.

The chain of power is suspect and must be subject to constant scrutiny as to process and procedure. Judges, prosecutors, attorneys, expert witnesses are empowered/entrusted with a responsibility to do no harm and yet children are murdered by obsessed predators who gain access to children because evidence is not admitted or improper evidence is admitted improperly, or children commit suicide to gain freedom from abuse and humiliation.

The uninformed or those who have much to hide, attempt to perpetuate the myth that children are blank slates, lacking opinions or thoughts of their own, or that they are easily influenced. The”brainwashing” defense omits the fact that the diagnostic manuals do not include  brain washed as a syndrome – but they do include induced fear, threats and intimidation – under the diagnostic category of Stockholm Syndrome.

Differential Diagnosis

Accurate diagnosis, treatment – psychotherapy/psychopharmacology can transform lives. The use of appropriate protocols for evaluation, understanding of the Discovery process, understanding the Federal Rules of Evidence and  court procedure are tools that can empower and protect children’s rights. Children are “Human Beings” under the Bill of Rights and subject to the protections of the constitution. They are not well served by the suspension of those rights!