Archives for 2016

CLEVELAND - An Exclusive 5 On Your Side investigation finds the man behind Monday's Amber Alert was awarded custody of his two young daughters despite being convicted of sexually molesting a young girl. William C. Roberts, 40, was captured Tuesday after he allegedly kidnapped his 15-year-old daughter Monday night outside a Brunswick K-Mart. But court records show Roberts was charged with … [Read more...]

Government urged to review family court system which is ‘allowing men to re-traumatise women and children’ The government must carry out a full review of family courts to stop them being used by violent men to perpetuate abuse against their partners and children, MPs have said. They called on the justice secretary, Liz Truss, to act swiftly to tackle deep-seated cultural attitudes among … [Read more...]

Texas Rep. Ted Poe, the Chair of the Victims Rights Caucus in the U.S. Congress introduced House Concurrent Resolution 150 to make child safety the highest priority in U.S. family courts. H.Con.Res.150 - Expressing the sense of Congress that child safety is the first priority of custody and visitation adjudications, and that state courts should improve adjudications of custody where family … [Read more...]

The briefing will explore the need to better protect victims of domestic violence in custody cases. On a Saturday evening in late March 2008, a 41-year-old Maryland man named Mark Castillo drowned his three children in the bathtub of a Baltimore hotel room. Castillo and his wife of 10 years, Amy, had been embroiled in a grueling custody dispute. Amy Castillo had repeatedly warned the courts … [Read more...]