Las Vegas (KTNV) - More mothers are coming forward to Contact 13 saying a Family Court judge is a bully on the bench, accusing her of ripping families apart, failing to enforce child support orders and leaving children as collateral damage. "You don't understand. I love her. And I'm gonna miss her so much. Please don't do this to me!" Those are the words of a tear-stricken 12-year-old girl … [Read more...]
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CONTACT 13: Mom claims judge bullied her child
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Bully on the bench? That's what a district court judge is being called after a controversial video surfaces from Family Court. Contact 13 investigates the disturbing way a mom says a judge ripped her family apart. The heart-wrenching reality is a young girl just wants to stay with her mother. But in shocking video we get an inside look into Clark County Family … [Read more...]
Mercurio Dissertation: The California Family Court System
THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY COURT SYSTEM: EXPERIENCES OF PROTECTIVE MOTHERS OF ABUSED CHILDREN Michelle Kathleen Mercurio Saybrook University There is a national epidemic of children being physically, sexually, emotionally, and verbally abused and/or neglected by their fathers as a result of custody and visitation orders by the family court system (Rosin, 2014). In addition, the family … [Read more...]
Georgia Voters Approve Amendment Three
Georgia voters approved an amendment to dismantle the state's independent judicial watchdog agency, letting state lawmakers recreate the agency and exert control over it. The Judicial Qualifications Commission was created in 1972 to investigate and resolve complaints of ethical misconduct by judges. In the past decade, the commission's actions have resulted in more than 60 judges leaving the … [Read more...]
Family Court judge cautions against ‘quick fix’ to family violence
A Family Court judge is cautioning against 'quick fix' legal solutions to the problem of family violence. Judge Joe Harman sits on the Federal Circuit for the Family Court and was the keynote speaker at a New South Wales Family Law Conference this week. Despite the perception that Australia is facing a domestic violence "epidemic", Judge Harman said he did not see it that way. "That … [Read more...]
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